Re: Singularity: can't happen here

From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 19:37:00 MDT


From: "Russell Blackford" <RussellBlackford@bigpond.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 6:24 PM

> Greg Burch said
>
> >Whether it can be stopped will
> depend on whether the developer community, public interest groups like the
> IFF, IfJ and ACLU and small and medium-size software companies can band
> together to do effective lobbying. It's time for the Internet to prove
its
> effectiveness as a tool for social and political organization.
>
> Didn't it do that with the CDA? But see my last post for what I think is
> required. Greg, as a fellow lawyer, I'd be very appreciative of your more
> detailed thoughts.

I'm afraid I'm not the man for the job, Russell. IP law has always been a
black art to me. We do have a specialist on the list, a fellow who teaches
IP law. But this is the beginning of the school year up here on the top
hemisphere, so I imagine, Tom's pretty busy.

I hope to hunt back through the list this weekend and find the link to the
actual language of the proposed statute. I'll give it a close reading with
my generalist's eyes if I can find the time.

Greg Burch
Vice-President, Extropy Institute
http://www.gregburch.net



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