On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:38:27PM -0700, Edward Craig wrote:
>
> You do realise that both of these turkeys VOTED FOR (along with
>the rest of both houses of Congress) the DMCA?
> Passed by voice vote in one house, acclaimation in the other, no
>dissenting opinions. Last I looked (bvut I didn't look carefully or
>recently), even one member can ask for a roll call vote, so there isn't
>one member of the House or Senate who objected in 1998.
> Voted by a Republican House and a Republican Senate, and signed by
>a Democratic President. Chances of the Reagan-Bush Supreme Court not
>upholding it (probably along with Clinton/Carter appointees) look to be
>about nil to me.
>
That Court has bitten its appointers before. The "strict-constructionists"
are especially interesting in this matter, considering how much the authors
of the Constitution have written on the abuses of patent and copyright, it's
blindingly obvious that the DMCA is contrary to their original intent, and
a few of the Justices might actually care about that...
--
A full height 19" rack with a glass door looks very out of place
when it's all alone. Sort of like a perverted shrine to the
God of Blinkenlights.
- Pim van Riezen, in the Monastery
