At 08:51 AM 6/12/2001 -0400, George@Orwellian.Org wrote:
Real-To: George@Orwellian.Org
Isn't Jim Choate Prime against this ruling, on the basis that it discriminates against certain radiating frequencies?
He has posted to that affect before.
No, no, this is a copyright problem in Choate Prime - when people walk in front of heat sources, they make shadow animals on the walls (and on the thermal imagers), and that violates their copyright, unless the cops got prior permission to look at and record the shadow animals. (Well, really only if the people make a big (C) shadow animal first.) Also, this is a First Amendment problem, because the cops have a right to free speech in court when they describe the shadow animals they saw with their thermal imagers. Since it's possible to get statutory damages for copyright infringement, in Choate Prime the cops are entitled to court-appointed attorneys to protect their free speech rights. Unless they're mimes. -- Greg Broiles gbroiles@well.com "Organized crime is the price we pay for organization." -- Raymond Chandler