-Caveat Lector- I thought this might be of some interest, given that it mentions Project Gutenberg (see item #4)... It also includes a few funny comments. >Subject: [web-law] The Anti-DMCA Index (like Harper's) > > The Anti-DMCA Index > ------------------- > > August 2001 > >___________________________________________________________ > >The most recent version of this document can be found here: >http://www.anti-dmca.org/dmca-index.html >___________________________________________________________ > > > >1. Amount Cornell University Library pays for subscription to "Journal >of Applied Polymer Science": $12,495.00 > >2. Amount charged to University Libraries for subscription to "Journal >of Economic Studies": $13.40/page > >3. Number of people who find the $13.40 per page ironic: 3 out of 4 > >4. Number of Project Gutenberg Etexts converted by voluteers: 3,551 > >5. Current "Cost" per Etext based on 3,481 texts: $2.87 per text > >6. Number of Scientists worldwide boycotting Corporate Science >Journals beginning September 2001: 26,000 > >7. Number of college and research institutions "Declaring >Independence" by publishing themselves: 200 > >8. Number of days DMCA arrestee Dmitry Sklyarov spent in jail: 13 > >9. Number of jails he spent them in: 4 > >10. Amount charged to taxpayers for those 13 days: $4,000 > >11. Window of time Microsoft and the American Association of >Publishers (AAP) can engage in their cooperative Internet surveillance >program: 24 x 7 x 365 > >12. Number of AAP members who apparently support the >Internet surveillance program: 250 > >13. Number of "companies" which control the DVD Copy >Control Association (DVD CCA): 4 > >14. Number of Executive Directors who appear to control the DVD >Copy Control Association: 1 > >15. Amount one company charges for eBook encryption security: $3,000 > >16. Number of letters one must rotate the alphabet to decrypt that >book: 13 (ROT-13) > >17. Amount recovered in recent "software raid" conducted by BSA.org >against Minneapolis Company: $260,000 > >18. Number of disgruntled employees who may report you to the BSA >resulting in a "software raid.": 1 > >19. Number of Irish software companies currently being sued by >BSA.org: 7 > >20. Companies BSA represents in those cases: Adobe, >Autodesk, Macromedia, Microsoft and Symantec > >21. Number of cities included in July 2001 BSA "Truce" Campaign: 5 > >22. Number of states which experienced Raids conducted by FBI on >July 24 commended by BSA: 9 > >23. Number of proported jobs lost from software piracy in >study conducted by BSA.org: 109,000 > >24. Amount an eBook customer may be fined for a backup not permited >by the Publisher: $250,000 > >25. Amount of time that customer might spend in jail: 5 years > >26. Number of restrictions placed on "Alice in Wonderland" >(public domain) eBook: 5 > >27. Maximum penalty for reading "Alice in Wonderland" aloud >(text-to-speech conversion, possible DMCA violation): 5 years jail > >28. Maximum penalty for having a "pirate" copy of "Planet of the >Apes": 10 years jail/$2M fine > >29. Average sentence for commiting Rape: 5 years > >______________________________________________________________________ >___________ > >Information provided by anti-dmca.org >______________________________________________________________________ >___________ > >Please feel free to email, post, print, etc. this information. > >Additions, contributions and comments are welcome here: >http://www.anti-dmca.org/dmca-index.html > >This index actually contains a scrambled (stenanographically hidden) >version of Britney Spear's new single. However, we can't find the key >so we're not quite sure it's there either. > >Harper's Interactive Index >http://harpers.org/harpers-index/ > >______________________________________________________________________ >____________ > >Sources > >1. http://www.englib.cornell.edu/displays/stickershock/car.htm > http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~kirby/journals.html#App1 >2. http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/jppage.htm >3. Quick and simple poll >4. http://promo.net/pg/nl/0105.html >5. http://promo.net/pg/nl/0105.html >6. http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/ > >http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=20017221919 >9 >7. http://www.arl.org/sparc/DI/ > http://www.createchange.org/ >8. http://www.fresklyarov.org >9. http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/08/10/12241.html >10. Some multiplication >11. http://www.microsoft.com/ebooks/das/antipiracy.asp >12. http://www.microsoft.com/ebooks/das/antipiracy.asp >13. http://www.lemuria.org/decss/hal2001.html >14. http://www.lemuria.org/decss/hal2001.html >15. http://www.download.ru/defcon.ppt >16. http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/rot13/ >17. http://www.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases//2001-08-06.680.phtml >18. http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2799089,00.html >19. >http://www.bsa.org/ireland/press/newsreleases//2001-08-02.682.phtml >20. >http://www.bsa.org/ireland/press/newsreleases//2001-08-02.682.phtml >21. http://www.bsatruce.com/us/indexjuly2001.phtml >22. http://new.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases//2001-07-25.678.phtml >23. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp >24. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp >25. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp >26. http://www.pigdogs.org/art/adobe.html >27. >http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/dvd-discuss-faq.html#ss2.4.6 >28. http://www.politechbot.com/p-02293.html >29. >http://www.sharon-herald.com/localnews/recentnews/0005/ln050400h.html >______________________________________________________________________ >_______________ > >Disclaimer: By reading, viewing or disseminating this information you >agree to hold the creators harmless. > >This information is protected by the US Constitution. 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