Re: [PLUG] syngress publishing?

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:05:29 -0400
> From: "Brian Vagnoni" <bvagnoni@v-system.net>
> Subject: [PLUG] syngress publishing?
>
> Does anyone know what happen to Syngress?  They are offline, I heard a rumor they were banned from selling books something to do with the DMCA.

Looks like a glitch, the site did not work for me last night either, but 
it does today.  I thought that DMCA thing sounded fishy...

I did learn that Syngress was bought by Elsevier about a year ago, but 
I've never heard of Elsevier...
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_00583
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200612/ai_n17071012

Later,
JP
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