[free-sklyarov] Re: FW: [nylug-talk] Lobby Group for Fair USe, DMCA (fwd)

[Jay Sulzberger]

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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:18:33 -0400
From: Vagn Scott <vagn at ranok.com>
To: Matthew Van Horn <matthew.vanhorn at gte.net>
Cc: lo <lo at eskimo.com>, nylug-talk at nylug.org
Subject: Re: FW: [nylug-talk] Lobby Group for Fair USe, DMCA

Matthew Van Horn wrote:

>   YRTIMD EERF
> ACMD EHT ESOPPO
>
> (other content could work too)
>
> Then when people decrypt it for access to the message (not to copy it or
> mass distribute it).  Point out that this is what the DMCA stopes.
>
> If they start writing it down in reverse order in order to read it - point
> out that this is what the software in this case did.
>
> If they tell someone else how to read it - point out that this is what he
> "did wrong" at Def Con.
>
> Obviously these would'nt work without someone there when they tried to
> read it to point all of this out.

This is a job for the stunt team:

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A. *I* have a secret message! (holds up a sign "!yrtimD EERF")

B&C (Snicker)

A. (parades around) I have a secret message.  You have to PAY to read it.

A. (takes a pass past the front row)  My secret message!
   And a very interesting read!  A $5000 value, but today
   you can read it for only $4999.95!  And we're so sure
   you will never want to read a book again, we will even
   help you burn them!

B. Hey, that's some secret -- Free Dmitry!

A. (insanely) You are not allowed to decrypt this message!

C. What's the big secret?

A. (terrified) Don't tell him!  (Angry) Don't you tell him!

B. (cheerful) It says "Free Dmitry!".  It's written Backwards!

A. AHHHHH! I'm going broke!  That's $5000 you owe me.  $5000 Dollars!

C.  Oh yeah!  It's written backwards!  It says "Free Dmitry!"

A. (Outraged) You told him!  You told him!
    You told him!  I'm calling the police!
    Police!  Police!  Police!  I'm being ROBBED!

B&C (Snicker)

P.  Right, who called me!

A. They took my IP!

P. Right.  You two, give it back.

B&C (show their empty hands, pull out their pockets,
     nothing there either.)

P. Right, whats this all about then?

A. (points to sign)  They stole my IP!

P. (squints, and says slowly)  F-R-E-E  D-m-i-t-r-y-!, "FREE Dmitry!"
   Who's Dmitry?

A. AHHHH! You're not allowed to read it!  It's MINE It's MINE It's MINE!

P. What's yours?

A.  My e-book!  You read my e-book!
    (points at P.)  You owe me $5000!
    (points at B.)  You owe me $5000!
    (points at C.)  You owe me $5000!
    That's $15,000!  Now pay up!  (holds out his hand)

B&C (dismisively)  Your nuts!  No way!  I'll read what I want!
   I know my rights!

A.  (to P)  You look it up.  You look it up.

P. (fishes a small book out of his pocket and flips through it.)

A. (watches P's every move closely) It's under D. DMCA.
   Do you see it?  Do you see it?

P. (starts reading somthing.)

A. You found it didn't you.  I told you.  I told you.

P. (to B & C)  He's right, I have to take you in.
   Five years and $500,000 fine.

B&C But you read it too!  Don;t you have to arrest yourself?

P. (deflates)  Oh. Oh. Yes, Yes.  It's the law.  there is nothing
we can do.

(P pokes B C with his stick, and they shuffle off)

A. (looks after them, sees them leave.  breathes a sigh of relief.
   Turns to audience)  Now that's justice.  what a great country!

A. Begins again exactly as before)

A. *I* have a secret message! (holds up a sign "!yrtimD EERF")

A. (parades around) I have a secret message.  You have to PAY to read it.

A. (takes a pass past the front row)  My secret message!
   And a very interesting read!  A $5000 value, but today
   you can read it for only $4999.95!  And we're so sure
   you will never want to read a book again, we will even
   help you burn them!

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Followed by a short speech on the history and dangers of the DMCA.

This one can actually pingpong between two sites:

A walks away and the speech starts.

But A walks into the identical routine at the other end of the block.


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