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Watchdog To Represent eBay Seller In Autodesk Suit

Posted by kdawson on from the lawyers-guns-and-software dept.

New10k writes "Following up on a recent Slashdot discussion, nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has agreed to provide an attorney to eBay seller Timothy S. Vernor, who is suing Autodesk in federal court over misuse of the DMCA to stifle competition. The advocacy group has identified elements of the Vernor case as some of its key litigation priorities for 2007. The article includes an interview with Vernor's new lawyer, Greg Beck, who was a software engineer for Microsoft before going to law school."

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  1. Great choice of ads, slashdot! by vrmlguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check the ad appearing next to this article: http://samwyse.googlepages.com/slashdot-autodesk.jpg

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    Nothing for 6-digit uids?
    1. Re:Great choice of ads, slashdot! by Captain_Chaos · · Score: 2, Funny

      Check the ad appearing next to this article: http://samwyse.googlepages.com/slashdot-autodesk.jpg

      There are ads on Slashdot?

  2. Re:Sorry for OT by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why would you make that assumption from a single person's decision? He obviously felt he would like being a lawyer better for whatever reason. You don't know the reason, and don't have any clue what it could be. Well, we know it wasn't for ethical reasons...
  3. From career at MS to lawyer??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I dunno how he did it, but apparently that guy has forfeited his soul TWICE!