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Re: [dvd-discuss] The Consumer Technology Bill of Rights



KISS - another reason to take the copy out of copyright.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org>
To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] The Consumer Technology Bill of Rights


> The IP community recommends educating children at an early age regarding
> copyright and I think that is a good idea but I don't think they realize
> that if they insist on creating copyright law that even educated people
> can't follow all the minutia, then nobody will bother with it. They need
> to remember the engineering maxim - KISS.
>
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> Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
> Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 03/18/02 09:24 AM
> Please respond to dvd-discuss
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Rights
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> That's a very concise statement of what copyright should be.
>
> --
> -Richard M. Hartman
> hartman@onetouch.com
>
> 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:11 AM
> > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] The Consumer Technology Bill of Rights
> >
> >
> > In some ways the consumer bill of rights can be summarized as
> > following
> >
> > Any copy that you legally acquires becomes your personal
> > property and you
> > may do with it as you wish as long as you do not sell or make
> > available to
> > the public duplicate copies without approval of the copyright
> > holder. C
> >
> > Copyright holders may put no restrictions on the usage.
>
>