On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:55:41 -0500, dpbsmith(a)verizon.net
<dpbsmith(a)verizon.net> wrote:
His belief system--and I regard him as knowledgeable about this--was that
_nobody really knows_ the the legal situation in such matters, absent an
actual lawsuit. He held the conspiracy theory that intellectual properly
laws
are deliberately vague and ambiguous, because that
insures power remains in
the hands of companies big enough to retain lawyers.
And ensures lots of lucrative income for lawyers.
Considering how many lawmakers are former lawyers, this is a _very_ easy
conspiracy theory to believe in. :)