[free-sklyarov] Re: Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA sequel: The SSSCA (fwd)

[alfee cube]

today our government would preach to the chinese for
such a barbaric proposal while passing legislation
requiring the manufacturers of paper and pens to tag
and trace both. (or dictate how to manufacture the
paper and ink so both functioned as desired by the
government.)

... while alleging "they" were protecting "us" from
"them" or some secret evil which "they" cannot
disclose to "us" for fear of "them"!



--- Jay Sulzberger <jays at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:12:09 -0700
> From: jamesd at echeque.com
> To: Carsten Kuckuk <ck at kuckuk.com>, Jay Sulzberger
> <jays at panix.com>
> Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>,
> cryptography at wasabisystems.com,
>      Jay Sulzberger <jays at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA
> sequel: The SSSCA
> 
>     --
> On 10 Sep 2001, at 0:26, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> > All "interactive digital" systems that directly
> connect to the
> > net will have to licensed.  Most that do not
> connect directly
> > will also have to be licensed.  License costs will
> be high
> > enough so that only a few large companies can
> afford them.
> > Individuals will not be allowed to assemble
> components to make
> > a computer for themselves, unless they spend
> millions on a
> > license, and wait some months for the paperwork to
> go through.
> 
> When the chinese invented paper, the government
> eventually
> decided that this led to dangerous communication of
> dangerous
> thoughts, and prohibited private production of
> paper.  It made
> paper making a state secret, and castrated all paper
> makers so
> that the secret would not be passed from father to
> son, but only
> transmitted in government approved channels. 
> Thereafter paper
> was used only to transmit government approved
> thoughts through
> government channels, and to the populace.
> 
> Computers are similarly dangerous.
> 
>     --digsig
>          James A. Donald
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> 
> 
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