[sdiy] WTO + WIPO = DMCA (fwd)

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/13/02 6:59:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
music.maker at gte.net writes:


> I'm certainly no lawyer, but AFAIK, internet petitions
> aren't worth spit.  The "signers" aren't signing, so
> there's no way to verify them.  There's no way to 
> know that the same person didn't "sign" multiple times
> with different "names".  

That's only one reason why they're not useful...It's basically saying:

Petitioners: Please, big nasty record company, do such and such because we 
say so..

Big Nasty Record Company: No #@%#% way..we want to make more money..

The companies don't care....

-Chris
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