Re: [NTLK] [OT] Economics of piracy

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 17:23:04 PST


The templars were the military might of the Vatican.
They basically went wherever the Vatican told them to
go and kick whose ever's butt they were told to kick.
This was done so that the Vatican could remain
unspoiled.
(but of course, the winners write history...)
Ed
web/gadget guru
http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)

--- Chris Edwards <wenchris_at_gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> I kind of guessed that, I allways have read reports
> of artists being
> robbed by the record companies, I thought the
> templars were the good
> guys?
> Chris Edwards
> England

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In 1913, Lee De Forest was prosecuted by U.S. government officials
for claiming to potential investors that his company, RCA, would soon be
able to transmit the human voice over the Atlantic Ocean. The
prosecuting officials argued that his claim was so utterly ridiculous
that he was surely ripping off investors. He was ultimately released
but not before being admonished by the judge to stop making any more
fraudulent claims.

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