[free-sklyarov] The digital copyright tug o' war

[alfee cube]

i still think you have to read along time to beat
gilmore's quote on censorship and the internet:

[the internet treats censorship as damage and routes
around it]

--- "Mark K. Bilbo" <mark at blorch.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 04 August 2001 10:25, James S. Huggins
> \(Free Sklyarov\) wrote:
> >    >>>Thomas Jefferson was so concerned over the
> potential
> >    >>>for censorship inherent in government grants
> of monopolies
> >    >>>over ideas that he wanted an amendment
> included in what
> >    >>>we now know as the "Bill of Rights" that
> would limit all such
> >    >>>grants of monopoly to a specific number of
> years with NO extensions.
> >
> > Citations would be appreciated from anyone who
> knows where to find more
> > information on this particular topic (Jefferson
> and monopolies).
> >
> 
> You could start with:
> 
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/594462.asp
> 
> An article by Siva Vaidhyanathan who has a book
> coming out titled _Copyrights 
> and Copywrongs_.
> 
> Mark
> 
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