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the godlike power of IPR owners
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 18:29:19 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com> Date: April 7, 2007 5:24:55 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: the godlike power of IPR ownersApparently, an amendment pushed by RIAA and MPAA to a California bill against pretexting (pretending to be someone to deceive someone into giving you that person's private info) is asking for an exemption of owners of copyrights, patents, trade secrets, etc.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pretext7apr07,1,1936238.story? coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true
We have seen this before, granting IPR owners the rights to invade computers, install viruses, etc.
Though it bothers me greatly that IPR owners get a special deal (but owners of jewelry, for example, do not, though they might want to find a thief, too), I am particularly bothered because it is so easy to become an "owner of IPR".
In fact, this email is IPR, born copyrighted to me. So I guess I don't need to worry about pretending to be someone else (or obeying any other law the RIAA doesn't like to be constrained by).
The IPR bar should be ashamed of itself. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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