Re: IP: Eye on Emerson law suit

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 09:38:26 -0400
> From: Dan Steinberg <synthesis () videotron ca>
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> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: IP: Eye on Emerson law suit
>
> Dave, you might consider publishing the actual URL for the website in question
> http://www.geocities.com/emersoneye/
>
> This way, people outside the US could perhaps read what all the fuss is about.
> Once they read (no easy task) they might think about posting anonymous 
> comments
> using obvious pseudynms such as "johnny canuck", or "Liberté"   as well. I 
> think
> it would be interesting to see how this changed the landscape in this 
> particular
> case. Methinks having to discuss in front of a judge the nature of 'sufficient
> contact' to meet long-arm statutes so they could get a subpoena for someone in
> canada or france, that should give everyone pause to think just how 
> ludicrous the
> situation is. Just a thought...


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