[171316] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Fri Apr 25 23:17:22 2014
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:16:58 -0400
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree. If you think things like "patent enforcement" == "government protected monopoly", we are at an impasse.
>
Well, leaving aside what one thinks of patents and copyrights - a
"government protected monopoly" is EXACTLY what a patent is, by definition:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and Discoveries;"
Or do you have some different definition of "exclusive Right?"
But we digress.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
