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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT renonevada.net>
  • To: Free Software Law Discussion <fsl-discuss AT alt.org>
  • Cc: "CommStudios" <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "Reno_Perl_Group" <renotahoe-pm AT pm.org>
  • Subject: [Community_studios] Re: [fsl-discuss] Re: ABA to endore Sonny Bono Act's constitutionality?
  • Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:57:51 -0700

On Thursday 11 April 2002 11:05, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> tom poe writes:
> > On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:47, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > - - -snip - - -
> >
> > > "He who receives an idea from me, receives instructions
> > > himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his
> > > taper at mine, receives light without darkening me."
> > > -- Thomas Jefferson on Copyright
> >
> > Hi: I agree with your take on this. Too bad for the general public.
> > Really like the quote, above. Any way to track down the cite?
>
> In some circles this might have been made famous by John Perry
> Barlow's use of it a few years ago, but it's frequently quoted by lots
> of people.
>
> A longer excerpt with a full citation:
>
> http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_8s12.htm
>
> The (seldom read) entire letter:
>
> http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/writings/brf/jefl220.htm

Hi, Seth: And a thank you to you too.
Tom
Reno, NV
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