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   Message 597 of 2,235   
   j3r to All   
   Re: TCPA Is Probably Going to Control Ev   
   19 Nov 03 18:13:11   
   
   From: j3r@example.net   
      
   In  Sourcerer   
   wrote:   
   > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Kevin Calder wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html   
   >>   
   >> I find this perversely exciting!   
   >>   
   >> Just think about it.   
   >   
   > The above linked article is very much US-centric. It's reading of the   
   > prospects and consequences of TCPA do not reflect anything like the   
   > reality of the current world-situation.   
      
   But OTOH, the EU Copyright Directive is basically a copy of the DMCA.   
   THe rest of the post-industrialized world may be more balanced than the   
   US, but not necessarily by much.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >> Sounds to me like the future will be more Gibson than the current   
   >> state of affairs   
   >   
   > It is looking more and more like a PKD future, than a WG one.   
      
   OTThirdH, "me too."   
      
   j3r   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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