On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 07:50:45PM +1200, Nick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 42 lines which said:
> I guess the reason for that opposition is because it empowers the > original, human, author in such a way that the large publishing company > cannot possibly disenfranchise him by conning him into signing a > particularly vicious contract when he desperately needs their money. Yes, and it seems to me a nice aim. This is why I oppose the "common law copyright". > Both the nasty big company and the nice free software distributors > are at the mercy of the author's whim. I disagree. See the detailed message I just sent to debian-legal, with references.
