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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: RE: The court is troubled ...
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Judge Whyte:
>    The court is troubled by the notion that any Internet
>    user, including those using "anonymous
>    remainers" (sic) [29] to protect their identity, can destroy
>    valuable intellectual property rights by posting them over
>    the Internet, especially given the fact that there is little
>    opportunity to screen postings before they are made.
            
Anon:
>There is _no_ opportunity to screen messages before they are made.
>Doing so would be prior restraint of the Internet User's free
>speech. Perhaps the court is really troubled by the little
>people having a voice.  
 
    A problem which I see can be easily remedied.

>Take heart Judge, little people don't usually
>have trade secrets to spread around, although there may be some
>references to such in _Internet for Dummies_.

    Looks like somebody has really bought the "copyright 
    terrorist" bs.
    
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