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I would suggest getting all the facts first.  Do we know all the
details of the bill?  Does ASTC have Counsel that could give us an
opinion?  We should not kneejerk.
Beryl

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>http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62500,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
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>The US House is considering a bill that would create copyright
>protection for collections of basic facts, like phone books.  Or
>Encyclopedias.  They would allow corporations to hold basic facts
>hostage, crippling students and teachers from being able to do basic
>research.  And, unlike copyright that lasts for a mere 70 years
>after the death of the author, this new protection would last
>forever.
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>Dare I suggest a political action?  Write your congressperson and
>senators, and suggest this bill die early and often?
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