On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, curious wrote:
> > you know what I think sucks -- that the government creates this protected
> > class called a 'corporation', and then folks complain when it puts a few
> > rules on it, even though the humans have many many rules on them...
>
> how exactly is a corporation "protected" as a class?
Individuals in a corporation are not individually accountable legally for
their actions (except for certain crimes committed by officers). Thus,
corporations are exempt from 90% of what can happen to any other legal
person.
> The problem I see with putting restrictions on companies.. is it tends to
> hurt progress and forces them to take dirtyer actions...
I disagree.
> The technology area is probably the area where government intervention
> scares me the most... since they have NO CLUE!
> bahh..
READ the judgement. The judge DID have a clue.
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