Re: [fsl-discuss] Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C

[Hamdija Hodzic <hamdija.hodzic@ijs.si>]

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From: "John Cowan" <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
To: "Xavi Drudis Ferran" <xdrudis@tinet.org>
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Subject: Re: [fsl-discuss] Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C


> 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
> I could not.  --Great-Souled Sam                http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
>