Re: OT: Intellectual property (was: owner_id_build vs. copyprevention_bit)

2002-10-01 Thread Guylhem Aznar
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:55:33AM +0200, Michael Nordstr?m wrote: In USA you seem to have a long history of passing laws that protects the revenue for some companies; in the rest of the world we usually also take into consideration how we can balance the rights of both sides (i.e. in this

Re: OT: Intellectual property (was: owner_id_build vs. copyprevention_bit)

2002-10-01 Thread David A. Desrosiers
Governments should not bother preserving outdated business models. The problem is that our current govenment is the whipping-boy of the monopolistic corporations, who basically feed them pre-paid politicians every year, and the only thing they are preserving is their continued seats in

Re: OT: Intellectual property (was: owner_id_build vs. copyprevention_bit)

2002-10-01 Thread MJ Ray
Guylhem Aznar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Governments should not bother preserving outdated business models. Consumers should not encourage outdated business models. Go buy some copyleft work today. -- MJR| v ---|--[ Luminas