[109138] in Cypherpunks
Re: NGOs and the Indulgence Racket (was re: Compulsory licenses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Mar 11 11:48:11 1999
In-Reply-To: <v04020a25b30d70ac7d51@[139.167.130.246]>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:03:49 -0500
To: "Phillip Hallam-Baker" <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: "Digital Bearer Settlement List" <dbs@philodox.com>, <dcsb@ai.mit.edu>,
<cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>, <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>,
<e-carm@c3po.kc-inc.net>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 8:29 AM -0500 on 3/11/99, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> Just to be clear, I think that financial cryptography and encryption on
> ubiquitous geodesic networks creates a world where, in the long run,
> intellectual "property" is worthless, especially on the nets themselves.
Ack. Sorry. Should be
> intellectual property "rights management" is worthless, especially on the
> nets themselves.
Cheers,
RAH
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
