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From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
In-Reply-To: das@eplunix.UUCP's message of 15 Jan 93 19:00:41 GMT
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"das" == David Steffens <das@eplunix.UUCP> writes:
das> For years we have been screaming for more and better laws and
das> enforcement of licensing, copyright, patents, etc.  Everyone and
das> her sister wants "intellectual property" protection (an oxymoron
das> if ever there was one).

`What you mean "we", paleface?' -- Tonto, in a moment of
self-awareness.
--
J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311 (DoD# 0378)
"It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
of content.  It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard