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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6102 comp.org.eff.talk:8907 comp.unix.bsd:4493 comp.os.mach:2042 news.groups:49617 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,news.groups Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!speedy.acns.nwu.edu!learn From: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk) Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit) Message-ID: <1992Sep3.133620.6132@news.acns.nwu.edu> Sender: usenet@news.acns.nwu.edu (Usenet on news.acns) Organization: Dares No Organization Like Dis Organization References: <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> <EDWI5ZL@taronga.com> Distribution: inet Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:36:20 GMT Lines: 24 In article <EDWI5ZL@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> Matthew J Brown writes: >>IMHO this issue is only of much importance to computing professionals. >IMHO it's not. AT&T is effectively expanding intellectual property >protection in general. Not quite true. It is more akin to Henry Ford protecting the concept of assembly lines for his sole use. And anyone who has ever seen an assembly line is forever banned from manufacturing. >I disagree with broadcast posting this sort of call to every group on other >grounds, but to claim that only computing professionals have an interest in >intellectual property laws is ridiculous. Actually, so do I. On the other hand, the pot needed a bit of stirring, this being the beginning of a new academic year. I am bored with the periodic trotting out of the same tired litanies. With any luck, they're out of the way for a while. Bill Vajk