Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:18:10 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: Mike.Jeays@rogers.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When Unix Stops Being Fun (pushing the thread even more OT) Message-ID: <20041004021810.73079.qmail@web53909.mail.yahoo.com>
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it was said: >As a purely theoretical question - is it possible to be guilty of an >offence by being in possession of a digital image of a currency bill? >At what resolution does it become an offence? Hello, This exactly answers your questions: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/legislation/repro.html Seems like possession of _any_ digital image of Canadian paper currency is a crime. To see what the rules are for other countries: http://www.rulesforuse.org For an interesting news item on this topic: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/01/copying.dollars.ap/index.html HTH, Stheg _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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