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News media worldwide have taken a great interest in this story. Here is a summary of interviews and articles that have come out to date. New articles appear in a variety of sources almost every time there is a court hearing. Of note is the fact that all of the interviews with Brown and his attorneys, and all articles or stories about the case originated within the news media after the Dallas Morning News wrote the first story. All requests for interviews or statements have come from the media. Neither Brown nor his attorneys have approached any media regarding the case.

The links on this page may expire, but all worked when the page was last updated. This page will be updated from time to time as new articles are published or links change.

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Domestic Media Coverage

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    E-zines and Cyber Newspapers

    Some documents are very long, and reference to this case are in the middle of files. When this is the case, you may wish to use your browser's "Find In Page" feature to search for "Evan Brown."

      Bazzirk
      Tech Ranch
      Bazzirk is a Marketing Intelligence Company
      RealPlayer Audio interviews with Evan Brown
      What Happened to Evan Brown - 08/26/2002

        08/26/02 - Truth May Set You Free . . . Or Not

        08/27/02 - Nobody Owns Your Thoughts . . . Right?

        08/28/02 - Programer Evan Brown Challenged Telecom Giant Alcatel/DSC's Legal Right to a Tech Solution He Had Worked on For Years Before Joining the Company

        08/29/02 - Programer Evan Brown Claims Justice is For Sale in Texas

        08/30/02 - A Texas Judge Secently Said the Software Program Evan Brown Conceived to Convert Old Code Belongs Not to Him But to His Old Employer Alcatel/DSC

      United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
      Dilbert Comic Strip Archive - 8/19/2002
      by Scott Adams
      August 19, 2002

      Wired News
      Picture Your New Password - Mind control
      by Elisa Batista
      August 15, 2002

      Dallas Morning News

      D Magazine (Dallas/Ft. Worth Magazine)
      Who Owns Your Brain?
      by Dan Michalski
      June 2001

      Bloomberg.com : Technology News

        Alcatel, Fired Worker Tangle Over Who Owns Software Idea
        by Loren Steffy
        September 27, 2000

        (Published in the October issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine.)

        Who Owns Evan Brown's Brain?
        To keep ideas out of competitors' hands, more companies are suing employees who leave.
        by Loren Steffy

      Computerworld
      Marketing Your Own Ideas
      by Joanie Wexler
      January 17, 2000

      Dallas Morning News
      Trade-secret case to go to trial this week
      Outcome of Alcatel suit could affect job-hopping practices
      by Jennifer Files
      December 6, 1999 (Search under The Archive section)

      Lubbock Avalanche Journal
      Fired employee sued over software concept
      May 3, 1997

      New Standard Times
      A penny for your thoughts? Not a chance; see you in court
      September 17, 1997

      San Angelo Standard Times
      May 3, 1997

      Seattle Times
      Business - Monday Memo Who owns an employee's thoughts?
      July 21, 1997

      Wired - Eword
      Not a Penny for Your Thoughts
      by Joe Nickell
      July 21, 1997

      World Tech Tribune - Window on the World
      Washington, DC
      France's Alcatel sues Texas man over his idea (and wins)
      by Scott McCollum
      August 12, 2002

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    Articles

    (Can't seem to find anymore, available with a subscription or no longer available on-line)

      Forbes Magazine
      • Whose Rolodex is it, anyway?
        by Robert Lenzner and Carrie Shook
        February 23, 1998

      Electronic Engineering Times

      1. Agreements pit the rights of a company vs. the rights of engineers -- Confidentiality clauses: How far can they go?
        October 13, 1997

      2. DSC Communications battles ex-employee in court over an idea
        by Brian Santo
        October 13, 1997

      Ft. Worth Star Telegram
      • Software dispute raises major question: To whom do your thoughts belong?
        by Geanne Rosenberg
        New York Times News Service
        September 8, 1997

      • The thought that counts: Former employer claims ownership of Plano man's idea
        by Roger Witherspoon
        Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau
        July 15, 1997

      London Times
      • "Another case for the thought police"
        July 16, 1997 - Interface

    Information Week

    • I Have An Idea...
      July 14, 1997

    Plano Star Courier

    • Judge rules fired DSC worker must share idea with company
      May 3, 1997

    • Who owns an employee's ideas?
      Former DSC employee won't divulge what's in his head and case may break legal ground.
      July 10, 1997

    Time Magazine

    • Calling Mr. Orwell . . .
      July 9, 1997

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    Print Media Articles - (including International)

      Austin American Statesman
      Company stakes claim to man's idea
      by Don McLeese
      Tuesday, May 20, 1997
      Metro & State

      Bloomberg Markets
      Alcatel, Fired Worker Tangle Over Who Owns Software Idea
      by Loren Steffy
      October 2000

      D Magazine (Dallas/Ft. Worth Magazine)
      Who Owns Your Brain?
      by Dan Michalski
      June 2001

      Dallas Morning News

      • A Gray Matter
        by Linda Stewart Ball
        Friday, May 2, 1997
        The Metropolitan Section

      • Man must share computer idea, judge rules
        by Linda Stewart Ball
        Saturday, May 3, 1997
        The Metropolitan section

      • Metro Report
        by Staff & Wire Reports
        Thursday, May 15, 1997
        The Metropolitan Section

      • WHOSE IDEA?
        by Thomas C. Brown
        President and CEO, Proscenium Interactive, Dallas
        Monday, July 28,1997
        Letter to the Editor

      Forbes
      Whose Rolodex is it, anyway?
      by Robert Lenzner and Carrie Shook
      February 23,1998
      Page 100

      New York Times

      • An Idea Not Yet Born, But a Custody Fight
        by Geanne Rosenberg
        Monday, September 8, 1997
        Business Section

      • To Whom Do Your Thoughts Belong?
        by Geanne Rosenberg
        September 8, 1997

      Playboy Magazine
      December 1997
      Forum Newsfront
      Page 60

      Spirit Magazine - Southwest Airlines
      Do you Own Your Ideas?
      by Chris Tucker
      October 1997
      Page 80

      Stern - German language Magazine
      Mein Kopf gehort mir
      by Thomas Borchert
      18 September 1997
      Page 193

      Wall Street Journal Regional edition
      DSC Won't Pay a Penny for His Thoughts
      by Evan Ramsted
      Monday, July 14,1997
      Marketplace Section (page B8A)

      Wired
      Not a Penny for Your Thoughts
      by Joe Nickell
      October,1997
      Page 47

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Some documents are very long, and reference to this case are in the middle of files. When this is the case, you may wish to use your browser's "Find In Page" feature to search for "Evan Brown."

    ACM TECHNews - ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) IT Professionals - Volume 4, Issue 386: Wednesday, August 14, 2002

    American Bar Association - Section of Intellectual Property Law / 1997-1998 Annual Report

    comp.dcom.telecom Post from Loren Steffy to NewsGroup

    CPU.017 - Working in the Computer Industry

    CyberLex - CyberLaw - reports legal developments touching the computer industry. CyberLaw and CyberLex are distributed monthly throughout the United States. by Jonathan Rosenoer & Kimberly Smigel

    FACTNet - A digest devoted to alerting Netizens about the issues of Freedom of Speech The Right to Privacy & Freedom of Thought Distributed by FACTNet (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Inc.)

    The Florida Bar Computer Law Committee - Online Journal

    Horizon Bytes - Auburn Horizon - University of Auburn, Alabama

    IEEE Spectrum OnLine
    It's All in Your Head
    Understanding your intellectual property rights could help you protect your ideas and save you a lifetime of legal hassles
    by Harry Goldstein, Senior Associate Editor
    28 February 2002

      The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 375,000 individual members in 150 countries.

    Kuro5hin - Technology and culture, from the trenches

    The Illinois Chamber

    Law.com - Idea in Former Employee's Head Belongs to Alcatel
    by Erica Lehrer Goldman
    Texas Lawyer
    08-12-2002

    Linux Today - a resource for professionals interested in maintaining the highest level of awareness pertaining to Linux and the Open Source (TM) community news. - Response by Bill Rugolsky

    The Montague Institute - International Center for Information Technology & Management - Limited Edition Newsletter on the Web

    Oak Ridger Online - Tennessee

    PING! Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
    CPSR Members Share Expertise
    (See page 4 - right column - next to the last paragraph)
    Volume 2, Number 3 & 4
    Winter Spring/2002

    Puget Sound Business Journal -Business Leaders Get It

    Reason Online - Online source of news & opinion from a dynamic, libertarian perspective

    The Record - Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

      November 17, 1997 - Vol. No. XXXI, No. 14 - In this week's Record - Pure Intellectual Property
      November 24, 1997 - Vol. No. XXXI, No. 15 - In this week's Record - Pure Intellectual Property

    Shift.com - Shift is about digital culture -- the collision between technology and culture. Shift examines the often overlooked human side of technology and how technology, in innumerable ways, changes how we live. It's about the personalities driving this change and the issues confronting this ongoing (r)evolution. Article title Don't Think At Work

    Slashdot - News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters

      16 February 2000
        (use your browser's Find In Page feature to search for Evan Brown or Good observation, Jon by Chris Johnson on this page)

    Subject to Change - Maintained on a 'When-I-Get-A-Minute' Basis
    August 13, 2002
    This is NOT from Satirewire!
    Alcatel Owns US Employee's Thoughts

    TXCN.com - Texas Cable News

    TexNews.com Network - Your place in space

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    Television Interviews

    (on-line transcripts unavailable at this time)

      NBC Weekend Nightly News - (Sunday, December 14, 1997)

      NBC Nightly News - (Friday, July 11, 1997)

      FOX News - (Friday, July 11, 1997)

      KTVT Television (CBS affiliate) - Evening News- Dallas, TX (around July 10, 1997)

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    Radio Interviews

    (on-line transcripts unavailable at this time)

      WABC Radio - New York (Thursday, July 10,1997)

      CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Company - Program: As It Happens - (September 12, 1997)

      KGO Radio (ABC affiliate) - San Francisco, (July, 1997)

      KMBC Radio (ABC affiliate) - Kansas City, (July, 1997)

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Some documents are very long, and reference to this case are in the middle of files. When this is the case, you may wish to use your browser's "Find In Page" feature to search for "Evan Brown."

International Media Coverage

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