[free-sklyarov] Next protest?

[James S. Tyre]

Trying to coincide with the first day of the technical sessions of USENIX 
Security (Aug. 15) may create more problems than it solves.

At 9:00 am, list member Richard Smith is giving the Keynote address.

At 2:00 pm, known DMCA opponent Matt Blaze is giving an invited talk, 
"Loaning Your Soul to the Devil:  Influencing Policy Without Selling Out" 
which many may want to hear.

At 6:00 pm. list member Xcott Craver is presenting "Reading Between the 
Lines: Lessons from the SDMI Challenge", followed immediately by a panel 
discussion on SDMI and DMCA with Ed Felten, (co-author and Rice Professor) 
Dan Wallach, EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn and Law Prof. Peter Jaszi.

(There are other interesting presentations that day, but these are the most 
relevant for this purpose.)

There's no doubt that many going to USENIX Security would be receptive to 
anti-DMCA rallies, but they may prefer to attend the USENEX sessions they 
paid good money to attend.

Just a few facts to consider, how to weigh them I'll leave to others.

At 09:02 AM 7/26/2001 -0400, David Merrill wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:17:38AM -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > Keep in mind that nearly all congresscritters are gone during
> > the summer recess, roughly ~5 Aug to ~5 Sep.
>
>I think our route to overturning the DMCA has to start with the
>people, not the Congress. They will never repeal it without pressure
>coming from Americans who support free speech and fair use, and oppose
>corporate control of our society.
>
>So, I don't think this is a big problem, really. Besides, USENIX is
>too big an opportunity to pass up on.
>
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