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- From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
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- Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit)
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- Date: 2 Sep 92 10:36:48 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.090548.8351@uhura1.uucp> <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk>
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- In article <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> mjb@doc.ic.ac.uk (Matthew J Brown) writes:
- >IMHO this issue is only of much importance to computing professionals.
-
- IMHO it's not. AT&T is effectively expanding intellectual property protection
- in general. I personally believe that if they had made *some* of these claims
- about 3 years ago, when Berkeley started large-scale source code releases,
- they would have been justified. Other of their claims imply that if one has
- had access to "protected" materials one can never work in that particular
- industry again. Those claims are of interest to everyone.
-
- I disagree with broadcast posting this sort of call to every group on other
- grounds, but to claim that only computing professionals have an interest in
- intellectual property laws is ridiculous.
-
- >And don't try to tell me 'but this issue affects *EVERYONE*.' Perhaps
- >it does, but so do infinitely many other issues.
-
- Exactly.
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