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SMTP - On 17 Sep 2003 22:21:08 -0400, johnl@iecc.com (John R. Levine) wrote: Do you think that Habeas should be entitled to have exclusivity to the entire "watermark" concept for this use in e-mail? I dunno. Have you stopped beating your wife?John: That's a singularly poor analogy.While wife-beating is definitely illegal, lawyers doing lawyering iscertainly a legal (if not always ethical) activity. Habeas is persuinga patent on the idea of copyrighting the publication of a poem in thee-mail header. Their FAQ says they're doing this to keep someone elsefrom patenting the idea.What the FAQ doesn't say is if they would open that patent up to othervendors of such services (and, if they will, how much they wouldcharge such vendors for the privilege).Whether you think so or not, it's perfectly appropriately to ask thequestion. And I, for one, am wondering why they don't clearly spellout their intents in their FAQ.Why you think that the question is a tautology is a bit beyond me.Please explain yourself. Regards, John Levine--phil
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