11 Jul
2001
11 Jul
'01
2:18 a.m.
The killer is that he's exactly right with respect to black letter law. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dynamite Bob" <dbob@semtex.com> To: <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:54 AM Subject: lawyer physics (was taxing satellites)
Get a load of this lawyer's physics:
"The property in question here is geostationary," said Larry Hoenig, a San Francisco attorney representing Hughes Electronics. "Geostationary satellites sit above the equator in a fixed position; they do not rotate around the Earth. So the satellites we're talking about here are not movable property."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-000056553jul10.story?coll=la%2Dne ws%2Dstate