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From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: BSDI/USL Lawsuit -- More Bad News for Human Beings...
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In article <C0yK27.9Ly@csn.org> dfishman@teal.csn.org (Dan Fishman) writes:
:Some of you are kidding yourselves to think that the legal system always crushes
:the little guy.  These huge corps are scared shitless of the little guy with
:a good legal claim against them.  Certainly there are problems with our legal 
:system not only in terms relating to the software biz, but everywhere.  Work
:to correct those problems, don't toss the baby with the bathwater.

Only if the little guy has funding, eg financial help from EFF - if the
little guy is truly on his own, the big corps will be laughing all the
way to the bank no matter how good the little guy's case may be...

G