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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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