Napster support from strange places...

[Charles P. Hobbs]

(oops, I goofed up the title of my last post--that wasn't supposed to
go out under "Job Posting")

"Charles P. Hobbs" wrote:

> http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/crh452.htm
>
> It seems that not only several copyright professors, but the
> Association of American Physicians and Surgeons support the
> Napster model, if not necessarily the business itself.
>
> AAPS' reasoning, though, seems more than a little "paranoid" to me, though:
>
> "What if the owner of Ritalin asserted its intellectual property rights, and
> demanded that Yahoo! only provide authorized links on Ritalin? The outcome
> would be that of criticism of the use of Ritalin would be effectively
> silenced,'' the association wrote. "
>
> Could such a thing happen? Generally, the courts have sided with those who
> criticize products (Consumer Reports, etc). I'm not holding myself out as
> and expert in these laws, though.
>
> --
> Charles P. Hobbs
> King Drew Health Science Library
> http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl

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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl