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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 457965, member: 4381&quot;]I don&#039;t have to.&nbsp; I have my own lawyers and I&#039;m in DC about 8 times a year for Lobbying and congressional hearings, department of commerce meetings et al.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t CARE what Lorraine says.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care what she has to say, and I don&#039;t care about anyones twisted idea of of what should be a protected work.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I DO care about it that the entire 20th Centuries history is theoretically under copyright, and illegal to use any primary source examples except for government records and that Girl Scouts get sued for singing happy birthday.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I DO care about is that people, such as people on this forum, have the right to discuss, ridicule by example, critique, archive for future use, and can make derivative works, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS A DERIVATIVE WORK and NOTHING is completely original, off all kinds of information so that they can participate freely in a free world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just call me crazy.&nbsp; Jack Valanti did before he croaked but the CEO of Phillips ripped him to shreads for it for great fun of the entire judicial subcommitee.&nbsp; And then Microsoft threatened to buy Bertelman if they continue to be such a PIA. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating stuff that you should learn more about before making half cocked moralistic statements, which are untrue and unfounded BTW. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now this one is really my last post on this.&nbsp; If you want to discuss it more you can join the NYLXS mailing list.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.nylxs.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nylxs.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.nylxs.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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