On Wed, 16 Oct 96, John Lederer <johnl[_at_]ibm.net> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/96, mpesq[_at_]lafn.org (Martin Perlberger) said:
> >
> > What makes you think these are examples of being "off the track"?
> >
> > What is wrong with these?
>
> Copyright is a restriction on free speech. It is allowed to "promote
> the progress of science [knowledge]"
>
> In neither case does copyright provide a needed incentive to the
> author. In both cases copyright restricts public use of expression.
> Absent the incentive, I see only bad policy -- a restriction on free
> speech with no offsetting public benefit.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> John Lederer
> <johnl[_at_]ibm.net>
>
> Oregon, Wisconsin
> (Leaves are changing and dropping. Some think this beautiful. We
> realists know what this portends)
>
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As an analogy, what is the difference between a brief and filings with the SEC which inlcudes a complex prospectus and a highly creative contract. A litigator wrote the brief, a securities lawyer wrote the prospectus, and a corporate lawyer drafted the contract. Of course Disclosure has been publishing this stuff for years. And, much of this is on EDGAR.
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