[d at DCC] Examples and analogies to TMs applied to devices.

[Richard Pitt]

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 00:09 +0800, Joseph Potvin wrote:
> RE: "Given Richard referenced your car example in 
> http://blog.pacdat.net/article.php/CopyrightQuestions2008 ...There is increasing rhetoric that there is "safety" 
> issues with anyone other than the manufacturer doing repairs..., we end up opening 
> up two debates at once with this example."
> 
> Russell, To an extent I think you are correct, but I also think this is entirely fine. People who don't care about copyright law itself, will care about how it affects other issues they do care about. Broadening this, I think, enriches the debate. You may make the case that it distracts and can potentially confuse people regarding what the central point is. I would make the case that it provides a logical way to engage a wider diversity of people in the precise points of the copyright debate. 
> 
> BTW, I reckon Richard Pitt should have attributed this example to its author. Perhaps he picked up my example from someone else who didn't?
> 
Done - not sure why I missed it.

richard

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