[TriLUG] "Super-DMCA " is coming!! to your homes--Taken from one of the Lockergnome Newsletters

[Reginald Reed]

Excellent point!  During this time, nobody had a telephone unless it was
purchased or leased (most common) from the phone company.  There used to
be "Phone Stores" run by the Baby Bells all over the country that had
revolutionary new phones like the new touch tone "TrimLine."  Not a
pleasant time, but I think similar legislatioin would run into many
barriers.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-admin at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of sholton
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:38 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] "Super-DMCA " is coming!! to your 
> homes--Taken from one of the Lockergnome Newsletters
> 
> 
> >Gnomie David J. Falkenberg brings this to our attention:
> 
> >"Under these statutes, you would not be entitled to connect 
> anything to 
> >your cable, satellite, or DSL line without the express permission of 
> >your service provider.
> 
> It should be noted that this is not unprecedented 
> legislation. In the earlier "monopoly" years of Ma Bell, it 
> was illegal to 
> connect anything to the Public Switched Network unless it was 
> specifically approved by (read: profitable for) the phone company.
> 
> Some of the younger TriLUGers may not have lived through that 
> particular history lesson.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Innovation is a wildflower; you cannot choose where it will 
> blossom, you can only choose where it won't.
> 
> sholton at mindspring.com
> 
> 
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