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“Michael A. Walker, Diréctor _
The Fraser institute .

A . CORPSE AT THE»
BOARD MEETING

- Sometime ago t discussed with you the contribution
‘af Adam Smith to the understanding of our economic
world. That. sally Into. the history of economic idgas-
prompted a request for more such forays. Today | would :
remarkable British economis{, Jeremy Bentham, bom
1748 died .1832. A colourful lifa which spanned the

Stuart Mill,
Bentham was a precocious child, reading history and
studying Latin at age four, he entered Queens Collage,

amazing aspect of Bentham, however, was -not his life
| buthis death. In accordance with hls wishes, Bantham’s
- body was dissected In the interests of sciance.. His:
estate he left In its antirety to the University of London -
_with the surprising stipulation that his remains be
_ present, at all mestings of the university's Board of-

stuffed and dressed, is seated in a chair with cane in
gloved hand. The head of ihé body Is-forméd from wax
but, according to his wishes, his actual haad preserved
In South American headhunter style, is set between his
. feet. _
Other than the gisly legacy which ha leaves to the
meatings of the University of- London's Board, Bentham
algo made a very significant contributlon-to the history’
cand the development of economic Ideas, For example,
he was one of the first to trace out the societal con-

his own happiness. Whila it Is difficult In the context of
the 20th century to Imagina that.such an idea might have
been visionary, Bentham's campaign for the direction of
govarnment policy to-achleve the greatest happiness for
the graatest number of. pedple, Iles at the base of many
of the values and public policies which today we take for
‘granted, Bentham was prodigious in his Interests and In
his crusades.. He defended universal manhood suf
faraga, aqual ‘alactoral districts, annual parllamenta and ©
vote by secret ballot: Likewise .he opposed the
monarchy ‘and the House of Lords as undemocratls

‘national systam of education providing aducation even
for pauper chitdren. He strongly andorsad free trade,
competition, and legal reforms,

But the most lasting of Bentham’'s contributions to
~|_-ideas was his conception: of. human nature and_ its
-] relentless - pursuit of solt-Intarast.
‘7: conception of the individual became the foundation for
| thaeconomic methodology of economists to this day.

Jeremy Bentham was one of the early fathers of
economic sclence and by all accounts it must be satd a
somewhat bizzare if interasting character.

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‘The recent vindication of The Bee Gees i ina mult! ‘million-
: " dollar plagiarism suit has left brothers Barry, | Robin ‘and

* Maurice Gibb jr a state of near-euphoria, but also with a

—fieree determination to fight any such charges ji in future,
“I guess now we'll have to live with ‘the feeling that
somewhere, somehow, somebody's going to take- ‘action

’ against us again based on another-song that we didn't

L, take,"’ Barry Gibb, the pop group’s lead singer | and eldest ;

* brother, said in a phone interview from Miami Beach.

“We've written a lot of songs and had ¢ a lotof successes,

' “so we're a good target.

“But hopefully this case and | the 1 way ‘it’ 3 ‘gone down is ¢

going to stop people from really wanting to hit established
songwriters quite so easily,”

The reversal by District Judge George’ ‘Leighton: in .
_ Chicago earlier this month of.a jury verdict against TheBee: .

“ Gees uridoubtedly will set @ precedent i in cases af, artists
slapped with plagiarism suits, ‘

, Although it isnot widely’ publicized, many performers opt
to settle “nuisance suits” out of court merely to ayoid:the

massive costs and time of a trial, not to mention: adverse’

- publicity.

- LAWYERS STAKE CLAIM ;
The Gibb brothers were accused of lifting- poftiors of an

_ unpublished Song by antiques dealer Ronald: Selle for thelr

1977. hit-How Deep is Your Love. *

‘708:

, They were advised by their own lawyers: to “offer

_ Something like $25,000 just to sort of go away,” -s id ‘Bee -

Gees: manager Dick Ashby. ‘He said he wanted six figures.
_ That was when we said, ‘See you In court,’

"But, of course, we were pretty new to this whale thing,”

, Ashby added, noting that the Gibbs had never before been
challenged in more thari a quarter-century of songwriting
and recording.

‘The suit, launched in 1978 andheard last February, took a
dramatic turn when the jury found the Gibbs, major in-
ternational. personalities since 1967, guilty of the theft.
Stunned, Robin Gibb burst out with cries of “Lies! Lies!”
when the verdict was announced.

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“The judge gave us" indicHitiont a Bit ‘Feast 70 times daring :
the trial that we should rest our case. It told us that these. _

people do not have a strong enough case. -Maybe we were

just being over-confident: because we were innocent, but ‘
why belabor the point”. JE it’s obvious to us that the court ©
didn't think we were guilty, why ‘not rest. our case?

“The judge also did give signals that he was getting very
tired of the hours and hours of interrogation.":  -
Indeed, transcripts of the trial — during which tapes of

“both Selle’s Let It End and The Bee Gees’ How Deep is Your

Love were ‘played | to. the: jury . — do indicate that Judge
Leighton was clearly convinced of the brothers’ ‘innocence.
Referring to eight of the 12 bars of: music in contention,

. Leighton said in the jury's presence: “The longer I stay on
this job as a judge, the whore appaliéd T get at what people
_ will seize for litigation... . ,

~ “It is obvious to-me that as a question of fact, the first

- eight bars is (sie) not strikingly similar. Anybody with an‘

ear. can listen and that jary- knows it. Yet. we have to sit
down for a week and hear this.”
REVERSED DECISION. °

Leighton reversed the jury's decision én July 8, largely

based on the prosecution's : inability to show. that The Bee

Gees ever had access to Selle’s work. Quoting from other

” ease histories, Leighton wrote:,

. “A work is original and may command. “copyright
protection even if it is completely identical with a prior
.work providing it was not copled . . . but was rather the
product of an independent effort of its author,"

Ashby estimates that it. “has probably cost us over i ix

figures to fight the thing, and there's:no way to get that

money :back.”. But-Barry Gibb stressed that the money —

aspect was not the brothers’. prime éonsideration.
“It's a matter of 27 years. of songwriting, since we were
children. And when someone says, ‘You steal songs,’ that
-means we steal all our songs — what else could it mean? It
takes your honor away; all you’ve worked for all your life,
and we had to have that. back. _
“That was more Imperative. than any dollar bills. ne

other drivers behind.

One -man |: driving.’.an—
American-made car tried to
“follow Green through an S- ©

bendat high speed, “I made. -

“it and he didn’t. The guy.
.,. Wasn't hurt, but-his car was

totally demolished.”
Although the Aurora looks ©

tauch like the Cobra, Green -

says its ‘acceleration . can’t

_ match’ the original. In the .
64s, the test of the Cobra's
‘speed was to tape a $5 bill on
‘the windshield and dare a
. ‘passenger to try to remove

"Tt was ‘imposaible,”
Gree says: “The guy. was
pasted ‘Inté-his seat — the

. Aurora just, can't compare
with the Cobra for atraight-

line acceleration.”

It was perhaps an attempt.
"to catch the spirit of lost _
youth that was in the minds

of Aurcra’s inventors
Cobra’ enthusiasts Wayne
Stevenson and Erik Camp-

bell-Smith. — when they -

built the firgt prototype in
an Aurora, Ont.,

a member of the Canada--

: United States’ auto pact.

It was difficult to get the
small company on the road

“after the fiasco of Bricklin
- : . '

_ garage: -
more than five years ago. :

The car-maker.is the only —
all-Canadian company to be ,

year. “Otherwise, y:
away from ° why they’ re
: being: made."’ :

OF those produced by the
plant's 16-man crew, about
a5:per cent find their way to
the U.S. “where demand for
-fast, convertible sportecars
is gredter: In Canada, the
- only o tlet other than Rich-
mond Hil) is in. Edmonton,
‘but a third is being set-up In.
Ottawa... ;

"Auroras. are ‘also.’ being
exported ° ‘Europe,
although: Lainmerding says
high tariffs have.made that
market difficult to crack. So
‘far, only six have been sold
overseas.

Unlike _ the Cobra, the
Aurora has-not been used .
for racing, but the compariy
and ‘some owners ard
“considering trying it out on
the track,

Aurora . Cars’ is. also
planning to add a second

limited-edition model to its ©

production: Only at the
paper ‘stage now,
merding says the company

: hopes to unvell the new car
by the end of 1984"

.. And although no name has
been chosen for Aurora’s
‘sister car,. Lammerding
says’ employees have

.. jokingly come .up with a

name of their own — they

want fo call it the Borealis.

re re

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and my family.

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_. Pabilighed by Operation Solictavity., ,

ae What about
| my patients?

” Write to: Premier Bennett: 7 4 e

oo My name is Lynne MacF arlan, R.N., and I've been a ~
- home care tturse in- Burnaby for more than five years.
. _. . Now rm worried. The provincial government's new ~
‘+. home nursing care budget is $1.5 million less than last...
year’s. I could be fired, and rm worried d about the future

‘And what about.my patients, if can't nurse » them at
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