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Re: [News] [OT] Copyrights in America Totally Out of Control

  • Subject: Re: [News] [OT] Copyrights in America Totally Out of Control
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:12:28 +0000
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Overly-broad copyright law has made USA a "nation of infringers"

When "everything" is illegal, then "everyone" is a criminal.

And what good does /that/ achieve?

Populace control through a virtual state of marshal law, presumably.

So much for the "Land of the Free".

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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