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IP: Re Security Firms Call for Video-Surveillance Law (for spy cams)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 08:23:11 -0400
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 07:51:05 -0400 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com> Subject: Re: IP: Security Firms Call for Video-Surveillance Law (for spy cams) At 6:12 AM -0400 on 8/9/01, David Farber wrote:If you think that only good will come from this, I have a bridge forsale djfLike Milton Freidman said in "Free to Choose", the only people who benefit from government regulation are the companies in that industry, not the consumers. At the very least, regulations raise the barriers to entry and reduce competition. More usually, they provide a virtual sinecure. This looks exactly like a case of the latter. Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah () ibuc com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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