Far be it from me to accuse anyone of this
particularly low form of theft. Although it is clear
that the real Sam Sloan is quite stupid, can it be
that he is dumb enough to steal and then
brag about his theft on usenet?

Until further evidence becomes available
I will assume that it was the fake SS who announced
that the real SS and the Fishi Press (which should make sure
of filing a U.S. tax return this year) are in the business
of reprinting books without owning the copyrights.

It is an odd fact that the Soviet foreign language
publishers 'Mir' and 'Fizkultura i Sport' seem to
have vanished without leaving a trace on the internet.
I suspect that one of the oligarchs
owns the rights but has bigger fish to fry at the
moment. Sooner or later there will be a knock on
your door.

The rights to the Kasparyan books may actually be
valuable - more so in Russian than in English. One
of his collections was published as late as 1988
in an edition of 100'000 copies. As long as you
stick to trash like the autobiographies of presidential
floozies you are probably safe.

"samsloan" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Who's copyright are you claiming that I have infringed?

Name some names.

Then explain why nobody has objected.

Sam Sloan