well, keith since we cannot amend RFCs maybe you should prepare one of your own? I am not sure that the idea of killing intellectual property is the right one either. We all know there is something wrong with the current set up but I am no sure that the wholesale dispatch of Intellectual Property concepts is the right answer either! vint At 08:16 PM 4/30/2002 -0400, Keith Moore wrote: >> "" >> Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if legislation around the >> world creates a thicket of incompatible laws that hinder the growth >> of electronic commerce, stymie the protection of intellectual >> property, and stifle freedom of expression and the development of >> market economies. Let us dedicate ourselves to the creation of a >> global legal framework in which laws work across national boundaries >> to reinforce the upward spiral of value that the Internet is capable >> of creating. >> "" > >I'd like to propose an alternate paragraph here: > >"" >Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if intellectual property laws >continue to encroach on our freedom to develop and use new technologies, >to share ideas and expressions of ideas with others, to comment on and >criticize others' ideas and expressions of ideas, to restrict our use >of ordinary language, and to effectively give a small number of people >control over the distribution and licensing of popular works. Let us >dedicate ourselves to the worldwide abolishment of the provisions in >intellectual property laws - copyrights, patents, and trademarks - which >stifle the freedom of expression and the development of a gloabl marketplace >of ideas, to reinforce the upward spiral of real value (not to be confused >with money) that the citizens of the world can create with the Internet's >help. >"" > >Keith