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If you are harbouring the illusion

July 19, 2002 by Michael Boyle

If you are harbouring the illusion

that public meetings and workshops have the potential to give consumers a voice and provide balance to the whole discourse (any whole discourse, but in this case, specifically the one surrounding copyright in a networked world), you have to read this story from Grant Gross at The Register: Fair Use advocates silenced by Big Brother. The whole thing is ridiculous.

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