[free-sklyarov] Your Genes and the DMCA

mickey mickeym at mindspring.com
Tue Jul 24 13:42:17 PDT 2001


Here's one I did last year after Kaplan's 2600 ruling:


"Condoms an Unauthorized Circumvention Device, Says God"
http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39ad0ae4-03358920

mickeym

"Jon O ." wrote:

> http://www.anti-dmca.org
>
> -------Forwarded Message -------------
>
> Press Release
>
> For Immediate Release: July 24, 2001
> ------------------------------------
>
> NY - 26 Religious organizations today filed suit against the
> three largest genetic research corporations in a class action
> lawsuit.  The complaint aims to halt these organization's
> research of the human genetic code. Other genetic research
> pursuits were not named in the suit.
>
> Bishop Write explained, "We believe these companies are reverse
>  engineering the human genetic code for profit. While the
> benefits may be great, we cannot allow them to continue."
>
> This action, covered by the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act
> (DMCA), alleges the companies are knowingly engaging in the
> Circumvention of Protection systems and could use this
> information to make a clone.
>
> "Once this system is cracked, the information could be used to
> reproduce a copy of a human being through unnatural means,"
> Bishop Write said.
>
> The organizations which include Monsanto, Perkin-Elmer and
> Genentec are seeking a review of the DMCA and asking for a
> stay of the injunction.
>
> "This law could seriously delay or stop our research efforts
> into the Human Genome. Drug discovery could be seriously impacted
>  and our main concern is making people better," stated a spokesperson
>  for Genentec.
>
> "Therefore, we are asking for further review. We aren't interested
> in making a copy or clone, we just want to know how. The law [DMCA]
> is very broad. Who do they claim the Copyright holder is for the
> Human Genenome? The law is very vague, and related to the World
> Intellectual Property Organization. We are a US Corporation and feel
> we should not be controlled by the WIPO. You would think with all
> the anti-globalization protests around the world the US government
> would get the picture. "
>
> But the Religious organizations were unmoved:
> "Hitler was attempting to create a super-race. At that time they
> didn't have they the technical means to sequence genes, so he was
> going about it the old fashioned way using nature. Well, we
> didn't like it then and we don't like it now," the Bishop stated.
>
> In a separate case filed by the religious community, they also name
> numerous genetic companies asking for release of documents containing
> the first pieces of the decyphered genetic code.
>
> "All along they've been telling people its just ATGC, a couple nucleic
>  acids. Did they really think we didn't know that was encryption?
> Well we know about the message and we are asking that they release
> it." The Bishop continued: "This whole time SETI has been looking
> into the stars for some communication, well we knew all along. Your
> genetic code is the communication. The Churches have need of that
> data and we will sue to get it."
>
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