[free-sklyarov] sf bay area channels 5&7 on San Jose protest

[Ryan Marsh]

Channel 11 (San Jose) did a very good explanation of the issues. They
also interviewed me and I got to behold my ugly mug on the screen for a
brief rant.

The reporter's explanation of the DMCA was very simple and effective.
Using a normal household lock he said something to the effect of:

"If I own this lock I can do whatever I want with it. I can use it to
lock and protect my home, I can take it apart and fix it or make it
better, I can sell it, or I can even destory it if I want. It is mine. 
That's not so for software under the DMCA. You don't control the access
and you can't do just anything you want with it, even though you own
it."

Oh yeah, they also said that Adobe agreed to drop the charges but that
did not mean that the DoJ would drop the case.

-ryan

On 23 Jul 2001 23:29:37 -0700, Alex Fabrikant wrote:
> kpix 5: covered the facts of what's going on, a solid 15 seconds or so
> from Shari Steele (EFF) explaining the situation, some more explanations
> from the reporter, and the final outcome
> 
> kgo 7: covered only "hey look there're these geeks and they're protesting
> this DMCA thing." unless I missed something, it sounded like they
> never actually said anything about the decision reached by
> Adobe. maybe report was put together too early in the day or something...
> 
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Alex Fabrikant wrote:
> 
> > report coming up in a few minutes, just announced in previews. should also
> > appear on channel 7 before the hour is over. if people don't want to hear
> > these alerts, flame offlist, and i won't bother with this feed...
> > 
> > 
> 
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> -alexf
> 
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-ryan

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