[free-sklyarov] Fighting the DMCA

[Chris Savage]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James S. Tyre [mailto:jstyre at jstyre.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 1:09 AM
> To: Chad Horton; free-sklyarov at zork.net
> Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] Fighting the DMCA
> 
<snip>

> >So far, most of the defenses of things like DeCSS that I've 
> >seen focus on arguing soruce code as a form of speech. IMO,
> this is a bit of a stretch and doesn't seem to have done all
> >that good of a job.
> 
> You wound me, sir, you *wound* me.
> 
> See, I wrote the Programmers and Academics' Amicus Brief in the 2600 
> appeal, which argues nothing but that code is speech.  ;-)
> 
> http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/MPAA_DVD_cases/20010126_ny_progacad
_amicus.html

Jim, as you know, *I* thought your brief was great.  And let's see what the
2nd Circuit does with 2600 before counting "software as speech" out.

That said, a la "The Weapon Shops of Isher," I kinda liked the 2nd Amendment
idea...

Chris S.


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