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RE: [dvd-discuss] More on the decision not to appeal the Felten c ase
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- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] More on the decision not to appeal the Felten c ase
- From: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre(at)jstyre.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 17:54:03 -0800
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At 04:51 PM 2/6/2002 -0800, Richard Hartman wrote:
>Question: aren't there non-DMCA effects of the letter
>to be addressed? Didn't Felten get fired (or have to
>quit) as a result of this flap? Shouldn't he be compensated
>for the fallout of what is now recognized as a non-offense?
You're thinking of Drew Dean, who, for highly principled reasons, quit his
job at Xerox PARC.
PARC continues its slide from its once lofty vantage point, Drew is quite
happily employed elsewhere. He wasn't looking to quit then, but it ended
up working out nicely for him.
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