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Old 10-10-2007, 07:11 PM   #1
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LXer: Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota: Your Chance to Help on Open Formats


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As you may, "open format" bills were introduced in multiple legislatures in the US earlier this year in states such as California, Connecticut, Oregon, New York and Texas. All of those efforts failed to accomplish their original objectives, with every piece of legislation being defeated, except for the ones introduced in Minnesota and New York, where greatly weakened bills passed that called for the "study" of open formats.

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