DeCSS, crypto, law, and economics

[James A. Donald]

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On 8 Jan 2003 at 0:30, Ian Brown wrote:
> the public tends to be skeptical when an industry claims that
> expert opinion shows that what is good for the company will
> also be good for the nation, and that state aid in enforcing
> its desires will produce an economically efficient result

Situations often arise where government enforcement in
supporting the anti competitive desires of the company would
produce a more efficient result.

But when this happens, invariably the result is that the
company, being a concentrated interest, soon arranges to
receive a good deal more government enforcement of its desires
than is economically efficient.


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