The agents were unable to make any connection between Spatz Curtis and Reed's disappearance and he was released. The satellite dish and reciever which John Reed helped to configure was confiscated, along with Curtis' computer and all the recordings he'd made of the satellite broadcast. Spatz and his small circle of fans were cut off from Spacerex as they had known it. The FCC threatened Curtis with a lawsuit should he persist in his pirate-TV uplink and, given the legal troubles with Motherlode-pix.com and Fatbabyfood.com, Curtis was inclined to cooperate. Between June 1999 and March 2000, he resumed his internet electronics business and took several long-haul jobs that kept him out of trouble with the law. next previous