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Re: [fairuse-discuss] Re: [DMCA-Activists] Re: DC 7/17: Tactic
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Ruben Safir |
Subject: |
Re: [fairuse-discuss] Re: [DMCA-Activists] Re: DC 7/17: Tactic |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 09:57:50 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.3.27i |
No
We must focus on one simple message. We are the stake holders.
THis is a political proces and not an academic one. I'm not going to
go down to DC and fail because everyone wants to discuss another
abstraction to this problem. That would be a failure.
We have one message - We are the ONLY stakeholders,
We are the public....
>
> One must question the constitutionality of DRM, in that copyright is allowed
> only for a *LIMITED* time, and an effective DRM technology would extend
> copyright to an *UNLIMITED* time since, once the works enter the public
> domain, they would nevertheless remain unavailable.
>
> I don't know if this is an argument that would bring any value to the 7/17
> meeting, but it is certainly something to keep in mind, and might make a very
> valid lawsuit for an injunction, should something like this ever become
> mandated by law.
>
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> New Yorkers for Fair Use -
> because it's either fair use or useless....
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