"I'm thinking if you break the law you must know there will be consequences if caught"
Several things here: First: is there equal prosecution of the law? Were other people who committed the same or similar crimes prosecuted as doggedly? If I were guessing, I'd say no. The zealousness would based on who the defendent's relatives and lawyers were. Second: according to the article, the law is a Frankenstein monstrosity, created before the internet become a common tool. It has provisions that contradict itself. How can such a law be prosecuted fairly? Third: The claim that journal articles written about research funded by federal dollars being public domain is a strong argument. Should it have been considered? J --- It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder. - Frederic Bastiat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
