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Subject: IP: Re: Why/Who is getting a big gift from the USG and why?

From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:24:33 -0400


>Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 11:51:38 -0700
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>From: "Robert M. McClure" <rmm@unidot.com>
>Subject: Re: IP: Why/Who is getting a big gift from the USG and why?
>
>The answer to your question is either a) stupidity, or b) someone has been 
>bought.
>
>I have never understood why the government didn't *lease* spectrum space 
>instead of
>either a) giving it away, or b) charging a one time fee.  I concluded that 
>the answer given
>above was the correct one.
>
>Bob McClure



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