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At 07:54 AM 7/23/98 -0600, Dan Froomkin said:

>Apparently, someone called slave4OCR@aol.com was running a Web site
>(http://members.aol.com/slave4ocr/) that was a bit harsh for my former 
>(Libertarian!) masters. Their lawsuit is based on copyright infringement.

Actually, it's based on trademark infringement, since the site apparently
copies the look and logos of the OCR.

>The Times writes: 
>
>   "I have never heard of a case like this," said Mike Godwin, author of
>"Cyber Rights" and a lawyer for civil liberties group Electronic Frontier
>Foundation. "It's a sad, sad day when a newspaper, with a building filled
>with reporters, sues someone on the opposite side of the country in order
>to get information about one of its own employees."
>
>Chilling.

Perhaps.  But if they ARE being slandered and infringed, do you advocate
that they do nothing?

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