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Re: [dvd-discuss] Extending copyright discourages the creation ofnew works.



On 05/24/02 at 10:11, 'twas brillig and Roy Murphy scrobe:
[...]
> For an excellent treatment of the economic issues read the AC brief
> (I only just now noticed that Amicus Curae and Anonymous Coward
> share the same initials) by the 17 economists (including Milton
> Friedman) at
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/supct/amici/economists.pdf

	Holy crow. I just finished reading that, and scrolled down to
skim the appendices... Among the signatories to that brief there are 5
(!) Nobel Laureates in Economics!


		Ole
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