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In retrospect, it is hard to see much good for anyone at all in the activities of March 1. Perhaps the Jackson case has served as a warning light for trouble in our legal system; but that's not much recompense for Jackson himself. His own unsought fame may be helpful, but it doesn't do much for his unemployed co-workers. In the meantime, "hackers" have been vilified and demonized as a national threat. "Cyberpunk," a literary term, has become a synonym for computer criminal. The cyber-police have leapt where angels fear to tread. And the phone companies have badly overstated their case and deeply embarrassed their protectors.
But sixteen months later, Steve Jackson suspects he may yet pull through. Illuminati is still on-line. GURPS Cyberpunk, while it failed to match Satanic Verses, sold fairly briskly. And SJG headquarters, the site of the raid, will soon be the site of Cyberspace Weenie Roast to start an Austin chapter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Bring your own beer.