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

[Yogi]

In his first inaugural address, on March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln said:

"Whenever . . . [the people who inhabit this country] shall grow weary of
the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of
amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it."


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon O ." <jono at microshaft.org>
To: "Mark K. Bilbo" <mark at blorch.org>
Cc: <free-sklyarov at zork.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] The digital copyright tug o' war


>
> I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me
> and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country....
> corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high
> places will follow, and the money power of the country will
> endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of
> the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the
> Republic is destroyed."
>             -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864
>
>
>
> On 04-Aug-2001, Mark K. Bilbo 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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