From seth.johnson at RealMeasures.dyndns.org Wed Jul 3 17:24:27 2002 From: seth.johnson at RealMeasures.dyndns.org (Seth Johnson) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:50 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] 2600 Drops DECSS Appeal Message-ID: <3D2395BB.FDC99F34@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> (Forwarded from DVD Discussion list, dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu. Article text pasted below. -- Seth) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dvd-discuss]2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:01:15 -070022, 2002) at 07/03/2002 04:01:17 PM,Serialize complete at 07/03/2002 04:01:17 PM From: "Michael A Rolenz" Reply-To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=1233 ---- 2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL 3 Jul 2002 19:09:42 UTC Yes, it's true. After numerous consultations with our legal team and all kinds of internal debate, we have decided that we've gotten the DeCSS case as far as we can. We won't be bringing it to the Supreme Court. While we share the disappointment many of you will feel, we think it's very important to understand why this is the proper course of action. Our chances of the case being taken up by the Supreme Court were very slim. And it was the nearly unanimous opinion of all of the legal experts we consulted that the current Supreme Court wouldn't take our side. Either of these results could have caused a setback to the overall fight that we're engaged in. To continue would have meant putting our egos ahead of the best legal strategy, something we're not about to do. The DeCSS case may have focused on us but it was about so much more. That's why we had to look at the bigger picture when making this decision. The MPAA and their cronies went out of their way to choose a defendant (us) that the court system would be prejudiced against. That's the one part of the case they got right. But what they didn't count on was the massive amount of support that came our way from all kinds of communities - support that continues to this day. In a way, the MPAA has brought a lot of us together. And that has made us stronger as a group. While it's tempting to think of this as a defeat, we must look at the good that has come out of it. People the world over know all about the DMCA and are committed to overturning it. The amount of education that has occurred in the last two and a half years is simply phenomenal. There are many other combatants now in the fight and we have never been more convinced that we will ultimately prevail. The war has not ended. Only the frontlines have changed. We are convinced that when all is said and done, this will be seen as the best strategy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released the following statement: San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced today that online and print publisher 2600 Magazine will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a court order prohibiting publishing or linking to the DeCSS computer program. This decision ends the publication's two-and-a-half year legal battle over DeCSS, which permits DVD owners to use players that the entertainment industry has not approved. "We took several steps forward with this case, forcing the courts to recognize that freedom of speech was at stake," explained EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "Later cases will provide a better foundation for the Supreme Court to act on the problems created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." Kathleen Sullivan, the Dean of Stanford Law School, argued the case on behalf of 2600 Magazine. In December 1999, eight major motion picture studios sued 2600 Magazine for publishing an article containing the DeCSS computer software and linking to DeCSS. Norwegian teenager Jon Johansen developed and published the software to great public interest, especially in the Linux community. The New York Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the Village Voice, and several other mainstream news outlets reported on and linked to DeCSS' publication in addition to 2600 Magazine's coverage. Johansen created DeCSS in an effort to develop an open source software player that would allow people to play their lawfully purchased DVDs on computers running the Linux operating system. But since people may also use the DeCSS program as one step in infringing the copyrights of DVD movies, both the New York District Court and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted the DMCA as banning 2600 Magazine from publishing or linking to DeCSS. "This case served as a wake-up call to the Internet community," said 2600 Magazine publisher Emmanuel Goldstein. "We have a stronger, more united community now, and we will support future cases." "EFF and 2600 Magazine will strive to ensure that the public need not sacrifice its side of the copyright bargain to Hollywood's fears of piracy," said EFF Intellectual Property Attorney Robin Gross. Gross added that EFF is considering other DMCA challenges and recently issued a three-year report card detailing the law's faults. In a related victory for DeCSS proponents, a California Court of Appeals held that the preliminary injunction violated the First Amendment rights of Andrew Bunner, a DeCSS republisher in California. The California DVD case is currently pending before the California Supreme Court. From ruben at www2.mrbrklyn.com Wed Jul 3 21:04:01 2002 From: ruben at www2.mrbrklyn.com (Ruben Safir) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Re: [fairuse-discuss] 2600 Drops DECSS Appeal In-Reply-To: <3D2395BB.FDC99F34@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> References: <3D2395BB.FDC99F34@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <20020704040401.GA25097@www2.mrbrklyn.com> Can we now work on a legistlative agenda.... On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:24:27PM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote: > > > (Forwarded from DVD Discussion list, > dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu. Article text pasted > below. -- Seth) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [dvd-discuss]2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:01:15 -070022, 2002) at 07/03/2002 > 04:01:17 PM,Serialize complete at 07/03/2002 04:01:17 PM > From: "Michael A Rolenz" > Reply-To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu > > http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=1233 > > ---- > > 2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL > 3 Jul 2002 19:09:42 UTC > > Yes, it's true. After numerous consultations with our legal > team and all kinds of internal debate, we have decided that > we've gotten the DeCSS case as far as we can. We won't be > bringing it to the Supreme Court. > > While we share the disappointment many of you will feel, we > think it's very important to understand why this is the > proper course of action. Our chances of the case being taken > up by the Supreme Court were very slim. And it was the > nearly unanimous opinion of all of the legal experts we > consulted that the current Supreme Court wouldn't take our > side. Either of these results could have caused a setback to > the overall fight that we're engaged in. To continue would > have meant putting our egos ahead of the best legal > strategy, something we're not about to do. > > The DeCSS case may have focused on us but it was about so > much more. That's why we had to look at the bigger picture > when making this decision. The MPAA and their cronies went > out of their way to choose a defendant (us) that the court > system would be prejudiced against. That's the one part of > the case they got right. But what they didn't count on was > the massive amount of support that came our way from all > kinds of communities - support that continues to this day. > In a way, the MPAA has brought a lot of us together. And > that has made us stronger as a group. > > While it's tempting to think of this as a defeat, we must > look at the good that has come out of it. People the world > over know all about the DMCA and are committed to > overturning it. The amount of education that has occurred in > the last two and a half years is simply phenomenal. There > are many other combatants now in the fight and we have never > been more convinced that we will ultimately prevail. > > The war has not ended. Only the frontlines have changed. We > are convinced that when all is said and done, this will be > seen as the best strategy. > > > The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released the > following statement: > > San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) > announced today that online and print publisher 2600 > Magazine will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a court > order prohibiting publishing or linking to the DeCSS > computer program. This decision ends the publication's > two-and-a-half year legal battle over DeCSS, which permits > DVD owners to use players that the entertainment industry > has not approved. > > "We took several steps forward with this case, forcing the > courts to recognize that freedom of speech was at stake," > explained EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "Later cases will > provide a better foundation for the Supreme Court to act on > the problems created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act > (DMCA)." > > Kathleen Sullivan, the Dean of Stanford Law School, argued > the case on behalf of 2600 Magazine. > > In December 1999, eight major motion picture studios sued > 2600 Magazine for publishing an article containing the DeCSS > computer software and linking to DeCSS. Norwegian teenager > Jon Johansen developed and published the software to great > public interest, especially in the Linux community. The New > York Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the Village Voice, > and several other mainstream news outlets reported on and > linked to DeCSS' publication in addition to 2600 Magazine's > coverage. > > Johansen created DeCSS in an effort to develop an open > source software player that would allow people to play their > lawfully purchased DVDs on computers running the Linux > operating system. But since people may also use the DeCSS > program as one step in infringing the copyrights of DVD > movies, both the New York District Court and the 2nd Circuit > Court of Appeals interpreted the DMCA as banning 2600 > Magazine from publishing or linking to DeCSS. > > "This case served as a wake-up call to the Internet > community," said 2600 Magazine publisher Emmanuel Goldstein. > "We have a stronger, more united community now, and we will > support future cases." > > "EFF and 2600 Magazine will strive to ensure that the public > need not sacrifice its side of the copyright bargain to > Hollywood's fears of piracy," said EFF Intellectual Property > Attorney Robin Gross. Gross added that EFF is considering > other DMCA challenges and recently issued a three-year > report card detailing the law's faults. > > In a related victory for DeCSS proponents, a California > Court of Appeals held that the preliminary injunction > violated the First Amendment rights of Andrew Bunner, a > DeCSS republisher in California. The California DVD case is > currently pending before the California Supreme Court. > > ____________________________ > New Yorkers for Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless.... -- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions __________________________ http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.nylxs.com/radio - Free Software Radio Show and Archives http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... 1-718-382-5752 From proclus at mac.com Sun Jul 7 20:23:08 2002 From: proclus at mac.com (proclus) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Palladium consumer oppression scheme: Trust Microsoft? Message-ID: <200207080323.g683N9x05047@kepler> Here is the round up on Microsoft's latest world domination plan. ZDNet: [1]MS: Why we can't trust your 'trustworthy' OS The Register: [2]MS to eradicate GPL Washington Post: [3]Microsoft Wants Security Hard-Wired in Your Computer Slashdot: [4]MS Palladium patent Read the [5]Palladium FAQ Microsoft's notions of "security" and "trust" are obviously one-sided, and such a system would certainly be used to squash fair use and first sale rights. Moreover, mono-culture is bad policy for computer security; Damages will be widespread when the system is inevitably compromised. The internet is our public common, but in this scheme Microsoft would be the sole gatekeeper. Free software can protect you from such outrages, because the source code is anchored to the commons for all to see. Use free software instead of Microsoft products. GNU-Darwin free software recommendations Web browser: [6]Dillo Word Processor: [7]AbiWord Spreadsheet: [8]Gnumeric Email app: [9]Postilion Graphics editor: [10]The Gimp Presentation SW: [11]ImageMagick Personal encryption: [12]GnuPG Web Services: [13]DotGNU All of this software is available for Apple computers and Intel PCs, from [14]The GNU-Darwin Distribution References 1. http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2873149,00.html 2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25891.html 3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51780-2002Jun26.html 4. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/07/133222&mode=thread&tid=109 5. file://localhost/Users/proclus/the.html 6. http://dillo.cipsga.org.br/ 7. http://www.abisource.com/ 8. http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ 9. http://www.postilion.org/ 10. http://www.gimp.org/ 11. http://www.ImageMagick.org/ 12. http://www.gnupg.org/ 13. http://dotgnu.org/ 14. http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ From flashbiz2002 at yahoo.com Mon Jul 15 15:21:30 2002 From: flashbiz2002 at yahoo.com (Biz Fast) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Reading this changed my life! 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In-Reply-To: <20020715222130.65565.qmail@web12902.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020715222130.65565.qmail@web12902.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20020715223316.GO10985@zork.net> It looks like spam software has learned to subscribe to Mailman lists. -- Seth David Schoen | Reading is a right, not a feature! http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | -- Kathryn Myronuk http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/ | From proclus at mac.com Tue Jul 16 10:36:04 2002 From: proclus at mac.com (proclus@mac.com) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] GNU-Darwin: Blackout Message-ID: <200207161737.g6GHaDR17345@astrolabei> Skipped content of type multipart/mixed-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 229 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://frotz.zork.net/pipermail/free-sklyarov/attachments/20020716/7d9ad7ad/attachment.pgp From declan at well.com Tue Jul 16 11:46:43 2002 From: declan at well.com (Declan McCullagh) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Re: GNU-Darwin: Blackout In-Reply-To: <200207161737.g6GHaDR17345@astrolabei> Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20020716144556.02db6690@mail.well.com> Is there an actual URL for the protest? This is included in the HTML text included below, but is not a valid URL: http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/dcaction00.html -Declan At 01:36 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, proclus@mac.com wrote: >GNU-Darwin will blackout tomorrow, if the 7/17 fair-use >representatives, leafleteers, or demonstrators are ill-treated. We will >also commence to organize a world-wide boycott against the companies in >the DRM workshop. > >Please accept my apologies, if you got more than one copy of this >message. > >Regards, >proclus >http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ > >-- >Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ >-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >Version: 3.1 >GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O >M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ >h--- r+++ y++++ >------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > >Geeks get political > >We are the stakeholders! This Wednesday H2K2 >attendees, fair-use activists and others will >converge on Washington where the Commerce >department will host a so-called >DRM workshop. The workshop >discussion panel is stacked >15:1 in favor of the >copyright cronies, including representatives from the MPAA, RIAA, Vivendi, >Disney, News Corp, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, but geek activists will also >be there to give our side of the story. Many thanks to Seth Johnson and >others who helped to >get the trip organized. >In light of the Palladium nightmare >scheme, it is clear that >the future of >broadband is at stake, and it it time for >fans to rebel against >greedy content industries. If you can't make it to DC, then go to the >Commerce website and leave >public comments. Also check out >this story at >CNET, which discusses an initiative by >Public Knowledge to create a geek action >corp. Don't forget >GeekPac, and >their geek activism plan. Finally a >question, Why isn't Apple on the DRM panel? From proclus at mac.com Tue Jul 16 11:59:14 2002 From: proclus at mac.com (proclus@mac.com) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Re: GNU-Darwin: Blackout In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20020716144556.02db6690@mail.well.com> Message-ID: <200207161900.g6GIxRR26128@astrolabei> Thank you for your interest in this important issue! On 16 Jul, Declan McCullagh wrote: > Is there an actual URL for the protest? This is included in the HTML text > included below, but is not a valid URL Sorry if the link was broken, but you will find all the links on the GNU-Darwin Freedom News page. Also Seth just wrote a news release. http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/DCactionMediaRelease.txt http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/news.shtml Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ > > -Declan > > > At 01:36 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, proclus@mac.com wrote: >>GNU-Darwin will blackout tomorrow, if the 7/17 fair-use >>representatives, leafleteers, or demonstrators are ill-treated. We will >>also commence to organize a world-wide boycott against the companies in >>the DRM workshop. >> >>Please accept my apologies, if you got more than one copy of this >>message. >> >>Regards, >>proclus >>http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ >> >>-- >>Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ >>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >>Version: 3.1 >>GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O >>M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ >>h--- r+++ y++++ >>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> >> >> >> >>Geeks get political >> >>We are the stakeholders! This Wednesday H2K2 >>attendees, fair-use activists and others will >>converge on Washington where the Commerce >>department will host a so-called >>DRM workshop. The workshop >>discussion panel is stacked >>15:1 in favor of the >>copyright cronies, including representatives from the MPAA, RIAA, Vivendi, >>Disney, News Corp, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, but geek activists will also >>be there to give our side of the story. Many thanks to Seth Johnson and >>others who helped to >>get the trip organized. >>In light of the Palladium nightmare >>scheme, it is clear that >>the future of >>broadband is at stake, and it it time for >>fans to rebel against >>greedy content industries. If you can't make it to DC, then go to the >>Commerce website and leave >>public comments. Also check out >>this story at >>CNET, which discusses an initiative by >>Public Knowledge to create a geek action >>corp. Don't forget >>GeekPac, and >>their geek activism plan. 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Also Seth just wrote a news release. > > http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/DCactionMediaRelease.txt > http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/news.shtml > > Regards, > proclus > http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ > > > > > -Declan > > > > > > At 01:36 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, proclus@mac.com wrote: > >>GNU-Darwin will blackout tomorrow, if the 7/17 fair-use > >>representatives, leafleteers, or demonstrators are ill-treated. We will > >>also commence to organize a world-wide boycott against the companies in > >>the DRM workshop. > >> > >>Please accept my apologies, if you got more than one copy of this > >>message. > >> > >>Regards, > >>proclus > >>http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ > >> > >>-- > >>Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ > >>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > >>Version: 3.1 > >>GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O > >>M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ > >>h--- r+++ y++++ > >>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Geeks get political > >> > >>We are the stakeholders! This Wednesday H2K2 > >>attendees, fair-use activists and others will > >>converge on Washington where the Commerce > >>department will host a so-called > >>DRM workshop. The workshop > >>discussion panel is stacked > >>15:1 in favor of the > >>copyright cronies, including representatives from the MPAA, RIAA, Vivendi, > >>Disney, News Corp, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, but geek activists will also > >>be there to give our side of the story. Many thanks to Seth Johnson and > >>others who helped to > >>get the trip organized. > >>In light of the Palladium nightmare > >>scheme, it is clear that > >>the future of > >>broadband is at stake, and it it time for > >>fans to rebel against > >>greedy content industries. If you can't make it to DC, then go to the > >>Commerce website and leave > >>public comments. Also check out > >>this story at > >>CNET, which discusses an initiative by > >>Public Knowledge to create a geek action > >>corp. Don't forget > >>GeekPac, and > >>their geek activism plan. Finally a > >>question, Why isn't Apple on the DRM panel? > > > > -- > Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O > M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ > h--- r+++ y++++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature -- [CC] Counter-copyright: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cc/cc.html I reserve no rights restricting copying, modification or distribution of this incidentally recorded communication. Original authorship should be attributed reasonably, but only so far as such an expectation might hold for usual practice in ordinary social discourse to which one holds no claim of exclusive rights. From proclus at mac.com Tue Jul 16 18:08:23 2002 From: proclus at mac.com (proclus@mac.com) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:51 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Re: GNU-Darwin: Blackout In-Reply-To: <3D34B613.1B6BD2ED@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <200207170109.g6H18aR07111@astrolabei> It's a pleasure, and once again, goodluck in DC. Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ On 16 Jul, Seth Johnson wrote: > > Thank you, proclus > > Seth > > proclus@mac.com wrote: >> >> Thank you for your interest in this important issue! >> >> On 16 Jul, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> > Is there an actual URL for the protest? This is included in the HTML text >> > included below, but is not a valid URL >> >> Sorry if the link was broken, but you will find all the links on the >> GNU-Darwin Freedom News page. Also Seth just wrote a news release. >> >> http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/DCactionMediaRelease.txt >> http://gnu-darwin.sourceforge.net/news.shtml >> >> Regards, >> proclus >> http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ >> >> > >> > -Declan >> > >> > >> > At 01:36 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, proclus@mac.com wrote: >> >>GNU-Darwin will blackout tomorrow, if the 7/17 fair-use >> >>representatives, leafleteers, or demonstrators are ill-treated. We will >> >>also commence to organize a world-wide boycott against the companies in >> >>the DRM workshop. >> >> >> >>Please accept my apologies, if you got more than one copy of this >> >>message. >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >>proclus >> >>http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ >> >> >> >>-- >> >>Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ >> >>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> >>Version: 3.1 >> >>GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O >> >>M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ >> >>h--- r+++ y++++ >> >>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Geeks get political >> >> >> >>We are the stakeholders! This Wednesday H2K2 >> >>attendees, fair-use activists and others will >> >>converge on Washington where the Commerce >> >>department will host a so-called >> >>DRM workshop. The workshop >> >>discussion panel is stacked >> >>15:1 in favor of the >> >>copyright cronies, including representatives from the MPAA, RIAA, Vivendi, >> >>Disney, News Corp, IBM, Intel, and Microsoft, but geek activists will also >> >>be there to give our side of the story. Many thanks to Seth Johnson and >> >>others who helped to >> >>get the trip organized. >> >>In light of the Palladium nightmare >> >>scheme, it is clear that >> >>the future of >> >>broadband is at stake, and it it time for >> >>fans to rebel against >> >>greedy content industries. If you can't make it to DC, then go to the >> >>Commerce website and leave >> >>public comments. Also check out >> >>this story at >> >>CNET, which discusses an initiative by >> >>Public Knowledge to create a geek action >> >>corp. Don't forget >> >>GeekPac, and >> >>their geek activism plan. Finally a >> >>question, Why isn't Apple on the DRM panel? >> > >> >> -- >> Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ >> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> Version: 3.1 >> GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O >> M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ >> h--- r+++ y++++ >> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Part 1.2Type: APPLICATION/pgp-signature > -- Visit proclus realm! http://proclus.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMU/S d+@ s: a+ C++++ UBULI++++$ P+ L+++(++++) E--- W++ N- !o K- w--- !O M++@ V-- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP-- t+++(+) 5+++ X+ R tv-(--)@ b !DI D- G e++++ h--- r+++ y++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, proclus http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ From seth.johnson at RealMeasures.dyndns.org Wed Jul 24 09:15:16 2002 From: seth.johnson at RealMeasures.dyndns.org (Seth Johnson) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:52 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] [Fwd: [DMCA_Discuss] Linux maven Bruce Perens: DMCA outlaw?] Message-ID: <3D3ED294.466F5E80@RealMeasures.dyndns.org> (Forwarded from DMCA Discussion list, dmca_discuss@lists.microshaft.org) -------- Original Message -------- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:47:48 +0400 From: Vladimir Katalov http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/23/020723hnperens.xml > Perens said he plans to break the DMCA during a > presentation on digital rights management (DRM) > Friday afternoon at the O'Reilly Open Source > Convention in San Diego. He is scheduled to > demonstrate a souped-up DVD player that can > circumvent certain DRM technologies created to > control the availability of DVD movies by region. > ... > The Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was > charged with violating the legislation with a > program he developed that allowed users to crack > Adobe Systems's eBook format. During a > presentation at the Def Con hacker show in Las > Vegas last July in which he detailed his work, > Sklyarov was arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau > of Investigation (FBI) for detailing the > technology, which violated terms of the DMCA > that prohibit the distribution of tools that > facilitate illegal copying. > > Perens admits, "what happened to Dmitry could > conceivably happen to me as well." However, he > said he is willing to take the risk. ------------------------ http://www.anti-dmca.org ------------------------ DMCA_Discuss mailing list DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org http://lists.microshaft.org/mailman/listinfo/dmca_discuss From lists at politechbot.com Thu Jul 25 07:39:36 2002 From: lists at politechbot.com (Declan McCullagh) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:52 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] New DMCA case: ACLU sues filtering software maker N2H2 Message-ID: <20020725103936.D23917@cluebot.com> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946266.html?tag=politech ACLU lawsuit targets copyright law By Declan McCullagh July 25, 2002, 6:30 AM PT WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to overturn key portions of a controversial 1998 copyright law. The suit asks a federal judge to rule that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is so sweeping that it unconstitutionally interferes with researchers' ability to evaluate the effectiveness of Internet filtering software. By suing on behalf of a 22-year-old programmer who's researching the oft-buggy products, the civil liberties group hopes to prompt the first ruling that would curtail the DMCA's wide reach. After the DMCA was used to intimidate Princeton professor Ed Felten and his colleagues into self-censoring a presentation last year, the law became an instant magnet for criticism. But so far, every judge has upheld the DMCA's broad restrictions on the "circumvention of copyright protection systems." This case will be different, the ACLU hopes, because it features a sympathetic plaintiff, Ben Edelman, and because it involves the socially beneficial act of critiquing software that is frequently used in public schools and libraries. Edelman had testified as an expert witness in a case the ACLU brought against a federal law that compelled public libraries to install filters. [...] From vkatalov at elcomsoft.com Wed Jul 31 04:04:26 2002 From: vkatalov at elcomsoft.com (Vladimir Katalov) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:52 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Security warning draws DMCA threat Message-ID: <1177500239.20020731150426@elcomsoft.com> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html?tag=fd_top By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 30, 2002, 4:48 PM PT WASHINGTON--Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system. In a letter sent on Monday, an HP vice president warned SnoSoft, a loosely organized research collective, that it "could be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to five years" for its role in publishing information on a bug that lets an intruder take over a Tru64 Unix system. HP's dramatic warning appears to be the first time the DMCA has been invoked to stifle research related to computer security. Until now, it's been used by copyright holders to pursue people who distribute computer programs that unlock copyrighted content such as DVDs or encrypted e-books. If HP files suit or persuades the federal government to prosecute, the company could set a precedent that stifles research into computer security flaws, a practice that frequently involves publishing code that demonstrates vulnerabilities. The DMCA restricts code that "is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection" of copyrighted works. On July 19, a researcher at SnoSoft posted a note to SecurityFocus.com's popular Bugtraq mailing list with a hyperlink to a computer program letting a Tru64 user gain full administrator privileges. The researcher, who goes by the alias "Phased," said in the message: "Here is the warez, nothing special, but it does the job." That public disclosure drew the ire of Kent Ferson, a vice president in HP's Unix systems unit, who alleged in his letter on Monday that the post violated the DMCA and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [...] From _ath_ at mail.ru Wed Jul 31 05:32:29 2002 From: _ath_ at mail.ru (Ilya V. Vasilyev) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:52 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Lection about hactivism in Russia. Message-ID: <004301c2388e$c528eba0$0201a8c0@dragon> Hi, All! Tomorrow at 12:00MSK (08:00UTC) we'll open traditional hackers gathering in Russia, called SPRYG-2oo2. The meeting will be in Moscow, Palace for youth creativity, room 3-35. At the 3rd of August, 10:00-10:30 I will give a seminar about history and current state of hactivism in Russia. My experience of organizing Free Kevin demonstration, Free Sklyarov anti-DMCA protest, participation in street protest against telephone companies, problems and success of together work Russians with EFF and 2600 are at your service. If someone wants to reach Russian computer geeks with anti-DMCA message or create any event of your own -- you are welcome. Even if its impossible for you to reach us physically, your participation via Internet is welcome. You can be not only paticipants, its possible even to jack into SPRYG organizators from your country -- for example by supporting IRC channel. Many Russian geeks and hackers know English, so there will be no problems in interpreters. You can find details on http://spryg.zork.net/ , both on Russian and English languages. Thank you, Nick Moffitt, for wonderfull web hosting -- its really holy place for SPRYG-2oo2! ;-) Thank you all: FSF, EFF, 2600, DEF CON -- just because you exists on this mostly harmless planet. Thank you, Elcomsoft, for not giving up in your battles with Evil Adobe (tm). -- -- -- Ilya V. Vasilyev Civil Hackers' School Moscow Center, +7(095) 162-4767 http://hscool.ugin.ru/ http://spryg.zork.net/ From sacraver at EE.Princeton.EDU Wed Jul 31 07:56:50 2002 From: sacraver at EE.Princeton.EDU (Xcott Craver) Date: Fri Jul 8 22:09:52 2005 Subject: [free-sklyarov] Security warning draws DMCA threat In-Reply-To: <1177500239.20020731150426@elcomsoft.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Vladimir Katalov wrote: > By Declan McCullagh > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > > HP's dramatic warning appears to be the first time the DMCA has been > invoked to stifle research related to computer security. Until now, > it's been used by copyright holders to pursue people who distribute > computer programs that unlock copyrighted content such as DVDs or > encrypted e-books. Ahem, *cough* *cough*. This must be a typo. Mr. McCullagh was there at the Information Hiding Workshop when the Felten paper was withdrawn. He also mentions Dr. Felten later in the article. -X