At 08:51 AM 6/12/2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Real-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Isn't Jim Choate Prime against this ruling, on the
>basis that it discriminates against certain
>radiating frequencies?
>
>He has posted to that affect before.
No, no, this is a copyright problem in Choate Prime - when people walk in
front of heat sources, they make shadow animals on the walls (and on the
thermal imagers), and that violates their copyright, unless the cops got
prior permission to look at and record the shadow animals. (Well, really
only if the people make a big (C) shadow animal first.)
Also, this is a First Amendment problem, because the cops have a right to
free speech in court when they describe the shadow animals they saw with
their thermal imagers.
Since it's possible to get statutory damages for copyright infringement, in
Choate Prime the cops are entitled to court-appointed attorneys to protect
their free speech rights. Unless they're mimes.
--
Greg Broiles
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"Organized crime is the price we pay for organization." -- Raymond Chandler
