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From: steve@Advansoft.COM (Steve Savitzky)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: OUTLAW ALL DATABASES!!  Damn right!
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Date: 28 Nov 90 21:46:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jgd@rsiatl.UUCP's message of 28 Nov 90 08:59:42 GMT

Hmm.  Only one thing seems to be needed to give control over our data
back to us:  a determination that a person owns the copyright to the
data collected about him or her.  Bingo!  instant control.

Wonder if a class-action suit against Lotus would work, asking for
royalties...  Maybe not; it would probably take new legislation
declaring a database entry to be a derived work.  Tempting, though.
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