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GSanon Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-10 06:31 AM
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Looking for info about an important issue that is mysteriously invisible on the internet.
Heard of this only once on the local TV news in Maine: somewhere between 2000-2006? (landshark threatens to evict citing “not to carry on any business...” against a writer)

Also vaguely recall an interview mentioning this incident on the Air America radio network a few years ago.

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GSanon Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-10 05:59 PM
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1. Something in this story has a connection with the problems with software patents, bion.
Edited on Mon Aug-02-10 06:04 PM by GSanon
That is, there are many unenforced rules everywhere in many different contexts. If all of the software patents on the books right now were actually enforced, it would shut down the entire internet. Technically, you are infringing an estimated thousand of them every time you boot your operating system. They are usually not enforced. If people felt the consequences of them, they would know how BAD they are, and would unanimously campaign just like the net-neutrality crowd. Also...

"The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right." ~William Safire
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NorthCarolinaLiberty Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 08:49 PM
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2. Try the library
Try the local library. Many have an electronic product called Newsbank. Newsbank indexes local news stories.
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GSanon Donating Member (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-10 09:31 PM
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3. unfortunately, that service doesn't record television... nt
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