[free-sklyarov] AAP's Judith Platt replies to Politech post, clarifies remarks

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

>From: Judith Platt <jplatt at publishers.org>
>[...]
>publishers and librarians.  My reference to "Ruby Ridge," while perhaps
>ill-advised, was used metaphorically to indicate an extremist position
>out of the mainstream--a very radical view that has been expressed in
>some quarters (although not by any librarians of my acquaintance) that
>all computer code is protected speech under the First Amendment and that
>no one--neither a publisher nor an author, nor anyone else-should be
>able to encrypt copyrighted material to protect it from unauthorized use
>and reproduction, and expect the encryption to be viewed as any other
>lock used to protect property.


So if I'm decoding this sentence correctly, Judith Platt (ironically styled
"Director of Communications & Freedom to Read") is saying that these are
two "very radical" and "extremist" positions, "out of the mainstream":

1) Source code is protected under the first amendment.
2) Your removing a lock that blocks your use of your own property should
not be equated to picking a lock in order to steal someone else's property.

Perhaps someone should advise the Supreme Court and the locksmithing
industry to watch out for the arriving FBI sharpshooters.

--
jeanne a. e. devoto ~ jaed at jaedworks.com
http://www.jaedworks.com