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To: mcg1969; Jim Robinson
I agree with those posters that think this is a shakedown, but you have to pick your battles, and this one isn't worth it.

I disagree.

I disagree because it's pretty clear that someone who puts something up on the internet can control who looks at it by restricting access to their server if they wish to do so. I think they have to do more than say they don't want certain classes of people people to look at it.

I don't know how much it would cost to fight this in a court but it's the sort of thing I would support financially. If there are enough of us who would contribute to a legal fund for this purpose, maybe we could stop it before it effectively destroys FR.

ML/NJ

49 posted on 04/16/2004 3:44:14 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Jim Robinson; ml/nj; All
This is really not the battle to fight...

MicroSoft will become the repository of most of the information and data if it has it's way...

DRM

Digital Rights Management

Gawdammgates intends to become the owner of all he surveys

this individual has no respect for any law

this individual is not just the owner of corbis

corbis is slowly becoming the image bank/market for the world

these 2 links contain over 1000 opinions and whatever

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/02/0432224&mode=thread&tid=123&tid=99

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/25/2113238&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=149&tid=99

gawdamgates plans to control as much information as
possible utilizing any method necessary
50 posted on 04/16/2004 4:08:43 PM PDT by kemosabe (Sheesh...Who is running the Assylum anyhow?...jes might b gawdamgates)
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