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From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
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Xavi Drudis Ferran scripsit:

> Protesting against those who have economical interest in destroying their 
> market (by monopolising it) and no obligation to listen to protesters 
> is wasting time compared with protesting to elected legislators and publicizing 
> the issues.

The trouble is that we in the U.S. know all too well that our "elected"
representatives (about 98% of incumbents seeking re-election get it)
listen only to those who have money, i.e. those same would-be monopolists.
That's why we have our patent laws, the DCMA, the Mickey Mouse Act, etc. etc.

-- 
You escaped them by the will-death              John Cowan
and the Way of the Black Wheel.                 jcowan@reutershealth.com
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