Re: lawyer Ira Schwartz, Nov. 19, 1996 memories, etc. (was: …

> > "So far", this has been a very interesting thread.
> > I haven't followed (read) "all" of the links to outside interesting web pages,
> > but I did check out
> >     http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=401886&threshold=0&commentsort=5&mode=flat&cid=21859278
> > a little bit, and it has a link to
> >    http://web.archive.org/web/20070516072606/http://www.riaa.com/issues/ask/default.asp
> > which I found very interesting.
> >    HOWEVER, the main reason I am writing now, is that I noticed
> > that der.hans picked up on something about the lawyer Ira Schwartz.
> > (**NOTE**: no relation to me, as far as I know).
> >    It's just that, a lawyer named Ira M. Schwartz (probably the same guy)
> > came and spoke to the Phoenix Chapter ACM (which I was the treasurer
> > of "at the time) on Tues., Nov. 19, 1996.   (The meeting was also jointly
> > sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society, and
> > I think also a SPIN group too). Ira Schwartz had been invited to speak by
> > the chairperson of the chapter, Tony Rizzo.  The topic of his talk was
> >     "Software and the law"
> > and the meeting was held at DeVry [2149 W Dunlap] and I can tell
> > you (I was there) that the presentation was very interesting.  I would even
> > say, fascinating.  Also, the speaker seemed to be knowledgeable and
> > sorta "able to see both sides" on a very wide range of issues.  Many of the
> > issues he mentioned seemed to me, to be of the kind that strikes one as,
> > "hey, that is really interesting, I haven't really thought about / realized some
> > of that before, (but I probably should have!)".
> >      A few days ago (probably 01Jan2008) I e-mailed Tony, to ask him whether
> > this lawyer (mentioned in this case) was the same guy.  I still have some
> > copies (paper) of the Newsletter that was mailed out announcing the meeting,
> > [hence the amount of specific details included above, way more than
> >    my "off hand" recollection would have probably been limited to]
> > and it says that, at the time, Ira M. Schwartz was
> >      << "the managing attorney for Schwartz & Associates,
> >             which emphasizes intellectual property law.
> >             [...]  Schwartz is [1996] a frequent lecturer on copyright
> >             and computer law topics, [...]" >>.
> > I may also have at least one electronic copy of that newsletter (probably in
> > an MS-word format "older than Word 97!") lying around somewhere...
> > -- I'd have to check, and so far I am too lazy --
> > so that will have to remain a definite "maybe".
> >      Per his prompt e-mail reply, Tony Rizzo apparently hasn't kept in touch
> > with that lawyer / speaker (and - hey - it has been over 11 years), so he was
> > not sure whether this (the lawyer mentioned in this thread) is the same guy.
> > But I think he was local (living somewhere in the valley) at least, at
> > that time
> > [1996] so I think it is probably the same lawyer.
> >     Just thought this was interesting...
> > (even though - as far as I know - this lawyer Ira Schwartz is no
> > relation to me).
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> #1 - I previously provided links to the slashdot article about the 'old'
> archived RIAA statements about fair use. That link however, is not the
> position of the RIAA today.