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Million-Dollar Donation To Fight Abusive Copyrights

Posted by timothy on from the who-was-that-masked-man? dept.

WeekendKruzr writes: "There is a story on C|Net detailing how Duke University's law school received an anonymous gift of $1 million for the express purpose of funding '...advocacy and research aimed at curtailing the recent expansion of copyright law.' It's good to know that we have some well-funded idealists on our side, even if they are 'Anonymous Cowards.' ;^) This, combined with the recent rash of even large corporations running afoul of intellectual property law, could precipitate some tangible results in the next couple of years."

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  1. Re:mechanics of anonymous million dollar transfers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you were a presitigious university, and you got a million bucks from an less than reputable person, you'd say they "insisted" on donating anonymously also. ;)

  2. More details surfaced... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...The AC offered to show photo ID to prove the check was valid, only to produce a pic of a man holding his bum open.