Status of Cryptography Research in implementation of the EUCD

[Adrian Midgley]

On Wednesday 14 August 2002 14:01, Owen  wrote:

> there should be no absolute privilege above the law (of
> copyright infringement) for 'academic researchers. If such privilege sh=
ould
> be granted, why just to academics? Who is an academic?=20

=2E..

> In truth, matters are but rarely clear cut and, in general, it is a mis=
take
> to put any class of person above the law based on argument that matters=
 are
> absolute.=20

Nicely put and argued and I think true.


Wakefield and MMR is diffciult.  Caveat Emptor I'd say.  Bolsin and Brist=
ol,=20
teh helicobactr story and so on are good illustrations that preventing=20
publication in case it upsets the desired order of things is not a good=20
strategy.

Part of the massive unconvincingness of the Chief Medical Officer arises =
from=20
that, that it is a condition of his employment that he echoes the governm=
ent=20
line, personally I think his position on this is such that he should have=
=20
resigned some months ago, but I doubt it is really his fault what he has =
to=20
say and do while he keeps the job.


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=46rom one of the Linux desktops of Dr Adrian Midgley=20
http://www.defoam.net/            =20