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  Eldred Opinion Met with Anger, Determination
Subject:   Lessig is disingenous
Date:   2003-01-19 08:36:24
From:   anonymous2
As defined by mathematics, a limited time is any time less than an unlimited time, which would be forever. Unlimited time is not quantified as "economically" unlimited time, the language is blindingly clear. The only way that a succession of limits could become infinity is if they continued forever, and we won't be around to see or prove that. Trying to redefine language in the courts is always a foolish endeavor - the judges aren't stupid.


The reality is that protecting music and movies from copying will become virtually impossible, as is already the case. That is the nature of our technology - everything becomes easier and easier to reproduce. Fighting the progress of technology is like fighting the tide.


Worse still, for the RIAA and MPAA, the flood of new movies from small groups, and thus the diminished value of their copyrights, will drive them out of business soon. Music and Movies will become just like books, where it is very difficult to make a living. The unusual anomoly of monopoly control over the distribution channel for multimedia will soon disappear.