On 5/3/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/3/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
We would have *incredible* numbers of friends.
I don't know of any court system where number of friends is a significant factor in the final judgement.
In legal speak they call them "amici", and they most likely can make a difference.
I really doubt we're in danger, and if they were to try they'd be utterly, utterly fucked. The skies would turn black with fully armed combat ninja pro bono First Amendment lawyers.
So? Other forms of IP have not been found to break the 1st amendment.
All forms of "IP" are limited in ways which make them more consistent with the 1st amendment. For instance, with copyright infringement law, there is fair use.
So far everything I've seen from actual lawyers suggests that this form doesn't either.
Have you seen anything from lawyers working with the EFF or the ACLU? Have you read anything by "actual lawyers" like Lawrence Lessig, Yochai Benkler, Keith Aoki, Ann Bartow, Paul Schiff Berman, Stuart Biegel, Thomas F. Blackwell, James Boyle, Dan L. Burk, Julie E. Cohen, Thomas F. Cotter, Rod Dixon, Eric B. Easton, Michael M. Epstein, Christine Haight Farley, Susanna Frederick Fischer, William W. Fisher III, A. Michael Froomkin, Laura N. Gasaway, Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons, Laurence R. Helfer, Peter Jaszi, Dennis S. Karjala, Raymond Shih Ray Ku, Mary LaFrance, Michael Landau, David Lange, Mark A. Lemley, Joseph P. Liu, Lydia Pallas Loren, Michael J. Madison, Charles R. McManis, Michael J. Meurer, Eben Moglen, Craig Allen Nard, Ruth Gana Okediji, L. Ray Patterson, Mark R. Patterson, Malla Pollack, David G. Post, Margaret Jane Radin, J.H. Reichman, David A. Rice, Michael L. Rustad, David E. Sorkin, John R. Thomas, Sarah K. Wiant, or Jonathan L. Zittrain? Need I name more?
Anthony