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From: chan@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Adobe Type Manager to NeXT
Message-ID: <6980002@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 91 20:32:58 GMT
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Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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>	However, lawmakers haven't yet recognized the ease of making
>	exact digital copies.  Therefore we have laws that try to
>	prevent actions easy and natural to digital media users - and
>	Prohibition didn't work for Alcohol, either.  These laws
>	were created to enforce (obsolete?) notions of "intellectual
>	property".

Okay. How about if we adapt your argument?

However, lawmakers haven't yet recognized the ease of shooting people in
the head.  Therefore we have laws that try to prevent actions easy and
natural to automatic weapons users - and Prohibition didn't work for
Alcohol, either.  These laws were created to enforce (obsolete?)
notions of "individual liberty".

			-- Chan