http://www.guillermito2.net/archives/2004_03_25e.html [thanks to AJ 'Effin' Reznor] [Disclaimer: I don't know who has seen this already, and I do not pretend to know the full facts of the case. -- Drew ] Excerpt: It's quite interesting to discover, from the inside, how the french justice system works. I'm back from Paris. I've just been indicted and charged of distributing programs that violated Intellectual Property rights (literally translated, it's "counterfeiting and concealment of counterfeiting"). Maximum punishment for these charges are two years in jail and a fine of 150.000 euros. I'm not yet judged guilty or innocent, but I already had to pay around two or three thousands dollars for two trips to Paris (I live in Boston, MA, USA), plane tickets, and lawyer fees. I already talked about my story here (in french). ... In march 2002, I published on my website a long analysis about this software. This webpage showed how the program worked, demonstrated a few security flaws, and some tests with real viruses. I showed that, unlike the advertizing claimed, this software didn't detect and stopped "100% of viruses". So, nothing really extraordinary. The company first reacted in a weird way: they denounced me publicly as a "terrorist", probably a nice attempt to make me change my mind. Later on, they filed a formal complaint against me in a Paris tribunal. ...
