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Date:      Wed, 23 May 2001 16:29:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@well.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Copyright law, again...
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0105231627180.14347-100000@z.glue.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010523121004.050bea20@localhost>

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On Wed, 23 May 2001, Brett Glass wrote:

> I do not believe that it would have happened, or contained the provisions
> it did, were it not for Napster, Stallman, Barlow, and others who rallied
> consumers to use the Internet to grab content without paying. The same
> is true of UCITA. The war was escalated, and both sides took extreme
> positions.

This proves nothing.  Which was my point to begin with.  This claim is
completely unverifiable until you find Valenti saying "Stallman is such a
jerk, we need to do something to get even with him."

Jamie


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