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.
--
"It's easier to find people online who openly support the KKK than
people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
(Email: zen19725 at zen dot co dot uk)