TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) (05/11/89)
Let's break th line right here okay? In a past digest Brian Walker makes a parenthetical question about dealing with pirate bbs systems.... I know from past experience that Michtron is very interested in hearing about pirate boards. If you have, or have access to, a valid username/password just pass it on to them and they'll take legal action if the board contains Michtron warez. They haven't failed to shut down a pirate board yet. If the board also has copies of the disk-loadable TOS1.4 then Atari Corp might be interested in getting the same info. John Townsend has commented (on GEnie) that Atari Corp is ready to go after such violators. -=->G<-=-
derek@hsi.UUCP (Derek Lee-Wo) (05/11/89)
In article <8905101742.AA28732@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) writes: :I know from past experience that Michtron is very interested in :hearing about pirate boards. If you have, or have access to, :a valid username/password just pass it on to them and they'll :take legal action if the board contains Michtron warez. They :haven't failed to shut down a pirate board yet. Come on. Do you really think that someone who has access to a pirate board is going tell a software company about it? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Derek Lee-Wo (Co-op), Health Systems International, New Haven, CT 06511. | |E-mail address :- derek@hsi.com ...!yale!hsi!derek | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) (05/17/89)
>Subject: Re: dealing with pirate boards >To: info-atari16@score.stanford.edu >In article <8905101742.AA28732@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon > Meyer) writes: >:I know from past experience that Michtron is very interested in >:hearing about pirate boards. If you have, or have access to, >:a valid username/password just pass it on to them and they'll >:take legal action if the board contains Michtron warez. They >:haven't failed to shut down a pirate board yet. >Come on. Do you really think that someone who has access to a pirate board >is going tell a software company about it? >-- >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Derek Lee-Wo (Co-op), Health Systems International, New Haven, CT 06511. | |E-mail address :- derek@hsi.com ...!yale!hsi!derek | ------------------------------ Yes Derek..not only do I think so, but I know so. The folks at Michtron have shut down many a pirate board and will continue to do so from all indications. Last year Gordon Monnier (sp?) president of Michtron told me that they were swamped with numbers/passwords to pirate boards when they first announced a "bounty" on them. Remember, Michtron is going after the sysop of the board...not the individual user that is "good" enough to turn it in. It would appear that there is no honor among thieves. -=->G<-=-
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (05/19/89)
>In article <8905101742.AA28732@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon > Meyer) writes: >I know from past experience that Michtron is very interested in >hearing about pirate boards. If you have, or have access to, >a valid username/password just pass it on to them and they'll >take legal action if the board contains Michtron warez. They >haven't failed to shut down a pirate board yet. Funny. People keep tellling me this, but I've yet to see and evidence of it. When I told Michtron about a pirate BBS, Gordon Monnier never even returned the call and they never responded to my letters either. Interestingly though, I have found that the FBI is actually starting to prosecute Pirate BBS Sysops, if they can be shown that the actual damages involved are significant. Usually this means "well connected" BBS's with lot's of software. Because of this, the little buggers are getting more than just "shut down"; they're going to Federal Prison! Serves 'em right. -- David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.UUCP) | "Adios amigos. And, as they say when Beckemeyer Development Tools | the boys are scratching the bad ones, 478 Santa Clara Ave. Oakland, CA 94610 | 'Stay a long time, Cowboy!'" UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax}!unisoft!bdt!david | - Jo Mora