Guy Smith writes

>** This message, it's thoughts, intents, in printed,
> digital or ethereal form, as well as all known words in
> the English language are copyrights of Guy Smith and
> cannot be reproduced with the advance payment of first
> born male children.

Quite apart from the 13th Amendment, surely restricting the payment to
*male* children is discriminatory.

I think a good lawyer these days would in any case draw inspiration from
the shrink-wrapped licenses and word it something like:

"Reading these words implies the automatic assignment by the reader to the
author of all rights in all property currently owned by or subsequently
acquired by the reader".

If the law were then changed so as to allow the assignment of children,
then presumably any children subsequently acquired by the reader would be
covered.

Peter Gofton
Software Licensing Corp.