[Seth-Trips] [mech@eff.org: [BayFF] EFF Alert: Pack San Jose Courtroom Thu morning (tomorrow)]
Seth David Schoen
schoen at loyalty.org
Wed Jul 11 23:36:35 PDT 2001
More details from Stanton. I wish I could go, but I have a friend
visiting at mid-day and I don't know that she's a DVD litigation fan.
----- Forwarded message from Stanton McCandlish <mech at eff.org> -----
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:53:43 -0700
To: bayff at eff.org
From: Stanton McCandlish <mech at eff.org>
Subject: [BayFF] EFF Alert: Pack San Jose Courtroom Thu morning (tomorrow)
[A special alert for our SF Bay Area members & supporters.]
Electronic Frontier Foundation ACTION ALERT
Pack San Jose, CA, Courtroom July 12
Silicon Valley EFF members urged to support Matthew Pavlovich by attending
his appeal hearing in DVD/DeCSS case
(Issued: July 11, 2001 / Deadline: July 12, 2001)
Introduction:
Movie industry trade group DVD-CCA has filed suit against hundreds of
individuals all over the world, alleging that the DeCSS software
(which decodes DVD discs, enabling them to be played on Linux
computers) constitutes a violation of Calif. trade secret law. While
EFF does not believe that the case has merit, it has caused a lot of
hardship to the defendants, all of whom are expected to defend
themselves in a Calif. court room, which for most of them is very far
from where they live and work.
The state supreme court has ordered an appellate rehearing of the
jurisdictional issue, and one defendant, Indiana student Matthew
Pavlovich, has filed a renewed motion to dismiss the case against him
with the appellate court, with a hearing scheduled for tomorrow
morning.
EFF has a strong belief that packing the court room helps ensure
careful judicial review of the issues raised, and we have used this
tactic to good effect on a number of occasions.
What YOU Can Do Now:
EFF's northern California supportes who wish to show solidarity with
the DVD case defendants in their efforts to have the case against them
dismissed should show up at the California Appellate Court at 333 W.
Santa Clara St., 10th floor, in San Jose, at approximately 9 a.m.,
Thu., July 12.
For directions see:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/6thDistrict/
The court hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. sharp, and could last
several hours.
Background:
For more information on the case and the hearing, see EFF's media
advisory:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/20010711_eff_pavlovich_pr.html
CAFE Campaign:
This effort to back up Matthew Pavlovich's appeal is part of a larger
campaign to protect, and raise awareness of, our free expression
rights in digital media: EFF's Campaign for Audiovisual Free
Expression (CAFE).
Check the CAFE campaign website regularly for additional alerts and
news:
http://www.eff.org/cafe/
For more information about the DVD-CCA case see:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/
For more information on the other DVD/DeCSS cases, see:
http://www.eff.org/IP/MPAA_DVD_cases/
About EFF:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties
organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded
in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and
government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the
information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most linked-to Web sites in the world:
http://www.eff.org
Contact:
Will Doherty, EFF Online Activist / Media Relations
wild at eff.org
+1 415 436 9333 x111
Katina Bishop, EFF Offline Activist / Education Dir.
katina at eff.org
+1 415 436 9333 x101
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Stanton McCandlish mech at eff.org http://www.eff.org/~mech
Technical Director/Webmaster Electronic Frontier Foundation
voice: +1 415 436 9333 x105 fax: +1 415 436 9993
EFF, 454 Shotwell St. San Francisco CA 94110 USA
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