[free-sklyarov] Breaking the Law?

[Austin Hook]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Bob Smart wrote:

> On Sunday 29 July 2001 08:11, you wrote:
> > If Adobe bought and holds a couple copies of this software.  Aren't they
> > breaking the law too?
> 
> That might seem reasonable, but my quick read of the law (and it's a 
> COMPLICATED one, I'm sure by no accident) says you can't "manufacture, 
> import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, 
> product, service, device, or component, or part thereof" thta is on another 
> long list of forbidden things.  No mention of simple possession as a crime.

But when drug dealers get caught for trafficing, aren't both the buyer and
seller doing it?  And also didn't Adobe "import" it?

A.H.