[free-sklyarov] Re: Brave new battleground over digital copyright

[proclus at iname.com]

Re: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010910/opinion/10atlarge.htm

Thank you for your thoughtful and "balanced" article.

I am opposed to the DMCA provisions which undermine our fair use rights.
 These provisions have vast and unforeseen consequences, which are only
just appearing.  There is a collection of related stories at The
GNU-Darwin Distribution's News page.

http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/news.html

The DMCA has the following ill-effects.

1. It stifles scientific research and free speech.
2. It undermines our fair use rights.
3  Foreign scientists are afraid to travel to the US.
4. American scientists may consider leaving the country.
5. It is unjust legislation, which is only enforced selectively. 
6. It damages our vital national security interests by undermining our
predominant position in cryptological and security related research. 
7. It undermines the credibility of legitimate copyright claims.  
8. It is creating a generation of radical pirates among our young
people. 
9. It has now been shown to undermine learning and reading itself.
10. It makes the US appear as Soviet Russia.

If it is not overturned, the combined effect of this ill-conceived
legislation will be an intellectual recession in the US.  Brain capital
will increasingly move to other countries, which are more inclined to
build the world's future infrastructure and support the rights of their
citizens. 

The GNU-Darwin Distribution supported the Adobe Boycott with free
software replacements for Adobe products.  The boycott is over, but 
we will continue to use our influence to turn our country away from this
terrible path.

Regards,
Michael L. Love
MacCHESS
Cornell University
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/


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