I suspect would be silly to stage an anti-DMCA protest against an invited speaker to that Stanford class. Lessig, Gilmore, Barlow, Farber, and Stallman have been speakers (and I'm scheduled to be in the spring lineup).
At the very least, it makes sense to find out more about the program and have a cordial conversation with the organizers before rushing to stage a demonstration. Activist-hours are a scarce resource; use them prudently, carefully, and wisely. -Declan Forwarded to cypherpunks: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:25:10 -0800 > From: Larry M. Augustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Don Marti' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'Karsten M. Self' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [linux-elitists] LOCAL Stanford University: face down the DMCA > enforcers > > I think that it would be a big mistake to do anything that might be viewed > as even the slightest bit disruptive in this venue. Further, I think you're > jumping to conclusions to assume that the DMCA is relevant to these > speakers. > > Dennis Allison and John Wharton, both of whom I have known for years, are > sympathetic to free software and sympathetic to the problems with the DMCA. > Dennis regularly brings in Bruce, Eric, and Richard as speakers. I've > spoken at this seminar on 2 or 3 occasions. Bruce was just there a few > weeks ago talking about the RAND vs. RF patent policy issues. > > Cops have a tough job. They deserve our thanks for doing a tough job. I > have a number of close friends who are cops. I think they deserve more > benefit of doubt than "Target the _speakers_ and _philosophy_". It doesn't > sound like these are people that write the laws or make policy. Maybe they > spend their time fighting real computer crime like identity theft and > crackers. They deserve our support in that job. > > Has anyone talked to Dennis? Before jumping to any conclusions, or > organizing any kind of protest or demonstration, talk to Dennis. > > Larry > > on Friday, January 17, 2003 6:46 PM Karsten M. Self wrote > > on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 05:08:47PM -0800, Don Marti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > Richard Stallman just passed this along to me. I won't be around, > > > since I'll be in New York for LinuxWorld, but someone else might > > > want to organize a group of freedom-loving people to go and hand > > > out some anti-DMCA flyers, ask good questions, and so on. > > > > > > "How can you enforce laws that ban Academic Freedom in computer > > > science and then walk into a university and ask for help?" > > > > > > Remember, protests and demonstrations are GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH. > > > > > > Note that the CSL Colloquia are a great opportunity to meet with all > > sorts of folks on all aspects of technology. The faculty, particularly > > John Wharton, are very aware that they offer an opening for the public, > > and the range of viewpoints presented is large (Lessig spoke at the CSL > > a year ago). > > > > Target the _speakers_ and _philosophy_, not the program itself. > > > > That said -- go forth and make a joyous noise ;-) > > > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20021223/hl_nm/protests > > _demonstrations_dc > > > > > > > > > COMPUTER SYSTEMS LABORATORY COLLOQUIUM > > > 4:15PM, Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003 > > > NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03 > > > http://ee380.stanford.edu[1] > > > > > > Topic: Solving High Technology Crime > > > Academic Partnership in Crime Fighting > > > > > > Speaker: Gregory S. Crabb > > > United States Postal Inspector > > > San Francisco Electronic Crimes Task Force > > > > > > Other participants include: > > > Robert Rodriguez, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, United > > > States Secret Service > > > Richard Perlotto, Cisco Systems > > > Chris Lalone, Network Security, eBay > > > Mike Miravalle, CEO, Dolphin Technologies > > > Fred Demma, Dolphon Technologyies > > > > <...> > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > > What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > Geek for hire: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-elitists > > http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-elitists > > _______________________________________________ > linux-elitists > http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-elitists
