[free-sklyarov] Support for the Association of American Publishers

mickeym mickeym at mindspring.com
Sun Jul 29 07:25:07 PDT 2001


There you have it:

"by reputable publishers"

Otherwise known as "speaker-based" restriction. The protections advocated by
this "coalition" don't apply to all, such as Elcomsoft, Felton, Goldstein,
Pavlovich, and so on.

mickeym

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> >Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:45 -0400
> >To: John Zenger <dcm_america at yahoo.com>
> >From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> >Subject: Re: Support for the Association of American Publishers
> >Cc: amyg at publishers.org, ausage at smoke-and-mirrors.net, simons at acm.org,
> >pfir at vortex.com, lauren at pfir.org, neumann at pfir.org
> >
> >Seems like a troll to me.
> >
> >* What authentic coalition does not list its members?
> >* What authentic press release does not give telephone contacts?
> >* What authentic coalition does not show up in a Google search?
> >* What authentic press release would call Adobe an "electronic publishing
> >company," when they're primarily a software vendor?
> >
> >Perhaps the position this "coalition" is internally consistent -- I'd
> >grant that -- but this particular effort seems as real as some of
> >Microsoft's astroturf efforts.
> >
> >-Declan
> >
> >
> >At 05:09 AM 7/29/01 -0700, John Zenger wrote:
> >>Press Release
> >>For Immediate Release
> >>
> >>Decency Coalition for Media in America supports
> >>Association of American Publishers in Sklyarov Piracy
> >>Case.
> >>
> >>Washington, DC. The Decency Coalition for Media in
> >>America (DCM America) today announced its strong
> >>support for the prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov for
> >>piracy of intellectual media.  Sklyarov developed and
> >>illegally disseminated methods for pirating electronic
> >>books published by Adobe, a well-known electronic
> >>publishing company.
> >>
> >>"The ownership of property, particularly intellectual
> >>property, is the foundation of American liberty." said
> >>John Zenger, the Coalition's founder and Executive
> >>Director.  "To deprive a creator of intellectual
> >>property of the benefits of their creativity is to
> >>strike at the economic root of that creativity and to
> >>insure the certainty of its destruction." Zenger
> >>added. "The Coalition defends the rights of authors
> >>and publishers, indeed of all owners and creators of
> >>intellectual property, to derive the benefits of their
> >>property and strongly deplores the efforts of those
> >>who would seek to deny or diminish those benefits.
> >>Without the right to control the dissemination of
> >>their works, owners and creators of intellectual
> >>property, or information of any kind, will lose their
> >>incentive for creativity.  That would be a crushing
> >>blow to the American economy."
> >>
> >>-----
> >>
> >>The Decency Coalition for Media in America is
> >>dedicated to promoting the security of ownership and
> >>the responsibility for content of intellectual
> >>property in America. The coalition believes that
> >>responsible publication by reputable publishers is the
> >>foundation of American liberty and that neither
> >>responsibility nor reputation can be assured without
> >>insuring the rights of authors and publishers to their
> >>intellectual property. The Coalition welcomes comments
> >>to its discussion group at
> >>
> >>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dcmamerica.
> >>
> >>All submissions become the property of the Coalition.
> >>
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