Re: [dvd-discuss] AVRA sues Warner Home Video

["D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>]

On Thursday 01 November 2001 10:48, you wrote:
> Can anybody get a copy of TWI's submission? It might be an amusing 
> exercise to compare and contrast the various stances they have had in the 
> 2600, the Ca DVDCCA, cases and now this one....at some point some judge 
> may want to ask TWI - "Look TWI, it can't be and not be so pick what it 
> is"...if nothing else, I'd love to read the legalese that argues that a 
> DVD really is a program!

Actually, the real fun is when you use their own argument, near as
possible verbatim.  If they aren't on the ball, they won't recognize it
and you'll have the fun of countering their rebuttal with the fact that
it was their own.  The Court is bound to appreciate the irony.

> "Baerwulf" <baerwulf@echidna.id.au>
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> 10/31/01 09:20 PM
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> Related to the Felten Case is this one reported in The West Australian 
> this
> morning. The Australian Video Retailers Assoc. is suing Warner for
> threatening to sue rental outlets who rented out the cheaper home versions
> of DVDs
> 
> http://www.thewest.com.au/20011101/news/state/tw-news-state-home-sto30431.ht
> ml
> 
> Australian Judges are known for supporting the little guy, this could be 
> an
> interesting case.
> 
> The square root of three equals two for large values of three. - found in 
> a
> bathroom in the Cornell Physics department
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