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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > bin Laden, or the media, are welcome to buy pictures of this resolution
> > > elsewhere, if they can obtain them. Nothing is stopping them, it's a free
> > > market with no legal barriers to entry.
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> > Maybe we'll even sell them to him :) Of course the price may be
> > non-monetary! And of course, no guarantees on picture quality, either :)
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> Here's a hypothetical: what if some company sells bin Laden et al bogus
> but real-seeming photos giving false information? What if, afterward, bin
> Laden would seek damages from the company for its deceptive product?
He'd have a case if the contract he signed guaranteed accuracy.
But of course I suspect whatever court he tried to sue in would soon be host
to a *host* of suits against HIM.
Friedman tangentially touches on this in Machinery of Freedom, if you use a
particular system, you can't just pick and choose what bits you use.
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| (...) Here's a hypothetical: what if some company sells bin Laden et al bogus but real-seeming photos giving false information? What if, afterward, bin Laden would seek damages from the company for its deceptive product? Dave! (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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