lawyer physics (was taxing satellites)

[Black Unicorn]

The killer is that he's exactly right with respect to black letter law.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dynamite Bob" <dbob at semtex.com>
To: <cypherpunks at 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
>