IP: only 1/2 :-) Re: Prestigious IEEE Award - Professor Brian Randell

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Note that while he is only half kidding, there are a lot of firms out there 
who may not be as sensitive to public opinion and indeed may like the press 
exposure of getting a famous person arrested. We need to fix the basic 
problem -- the broken law, rather than count on the good spirit of 
corporate amercia (or corporate world).

Dave



> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:26:01 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Mikki Barry <ooblick () netpolicy com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Prestigious IEEE Award - Professor Brian Randell
>
> Unfortunately, Professor Randell may not be able to come to the US to 
> claim his award for fear of being arrested under the DMCA (only 1/2 :-))



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