IP: who has too much power?

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>From: edyson@edventure.com (Esther Dyson)
>Subject: who has too much power?
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:09:19 -0400
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>Consider the  error message that says:
>
>"[program name here]  has performed an illegal operation and will be shut 
>down."
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>Who first used that term "illegal"?  Does it imply that software vendors
>have government powers, or what? It would be interesting to hear what the
>listmembers could tell us.
>
>Esther
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