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Subject: Re: Copyright law, again...
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On Wed, 23 May 2001, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 08:53 AM 5/23/2001, James Howard wrote:
> 
> >Okay, but this does not show anyone forcing more protections on copyright
> >in response.
> 
> For that, just see the text of the DMCA. It's on the EFF site.

The DCMA is simply a corporate power grab.  It would have happened with or
without the Free Software Foundation.

Jamie


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