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RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- To: "'dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu'" <dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu>
- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- From: Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:20:25 -0700
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest Miller [mailto:ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:39 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
>
>
> If Eldred is wildly successful we can hope for two outcomes:
>
> 1) The court kill retroactive extensions pemanently - Welcome to the
> public domain, Mickey.
Of all the things potentially freed by killing the retroactive
extensions, Mickey seems to me to be the safest. I do believe
that the Disney Corporation has a firm argument to keep him under
protection as a TradeMark.
--
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com
186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!