think the most current draft from ALAC

[Alex Gakuru]

Diplomatic, brief and concise.

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> wrote:
> Here is the current (and new) version drafted by Evan.  This is what we are
> now discussing in the ALAC mtg.
> Please send comments asap.
> Thanks,
> Robin
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> From: Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
> Date: March 11, 2010 3:24:20 AM PST
> To: avri at acm.org, robin at ipjustice.org
> Subject: think the most current draft from ALAC
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