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James Hayman Sun, 28 Nov 1999 17:17:21 -0800
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Subject: Fw: [FPE] Y2K Spoof Flick Goes Awry
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:56:30 -0600
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> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Cyber Eagles - http://home.tampabay.rr.com/membercouncil
> >
> > Y2K Spoof Flick Goes Awry
> > by Craig Bicknell
> >
> > 11:00 a.m. 24.Nov.1999 PST
> > Mike Zieper wanted to tap into current
> > passions with his video art. To do it, he
> > made a grainy, gray tape in which a
> > faceless narrator prepares his soldiers to
> > unleash a government-sponsored riot in
> > Times Square at midnight 2000.
> >
> > The plan: to create chaos so federal
> > troops have an excuse to move in.
> > Weird thing was, after Zieper posted the
> > video clip on his Web site, the troops did
> > move in.
> >
> > "This FBI agent called," said Zieper. "He
> > said, 'There are a lot of people planning
> > to vacation in New York this year, a lot of
> > them are coming to your site and they're
> > getting scared. I want to talk to you
> > about how we can stop people from
> > coming to this site.'"
> >
> > Zieper called a lawyer and didn't pull the
> > site. So both the FBI and the US
> > Attorney's Office went upstream to
> > Zieper's Web hosting company,
> > BECamation in Michigan, and asked that
> > Zieper's site be pulled. There was no
> > threat of legal action, but BECamation
> > president Mark Wieger complied.
> >
> > "We didn't want to take any chances with
> > our business, so we pulled it down,"
> > Wieger said.
> >
> > In doing so, Wieger pulled a lever that let
> > loose a virtual riot among free-speech
> > advocates. After the Village Voice
> > published a piece about the incident,
> > online message boards erupted in protest.
> > Now the American Civil Liberties Union is
> > considering a lawsuit on Zieper's behalf.
> >
> > "We think, certainly, that it's very
> > improper for the FBI to be harassing an
> > Internet hosting company to take down
> > content that may be disturbing, but is
> > certainly protected by the First
> > Amendment," said ACLU staff attorney
> > Ann Beeson.
> >
> > The FBI did not respond to a request for
> > comment.
> >
> > Meanwhile, the video itself has been
> > copied and posted on numerous mirror
> > sites. See:
> >
> >   http://www.rumormillnews.com/
> >
> >   http://www.angelfire.com/ma/mauicool7/timesq.ram
> >
> >   http://moxy.wtower.com/mirrors/timesq.ram
> >
> > It's a hit beyond anything Zieper could
> > have anticipated. Reality has woven a
> > fresh, relevant, scene into the video's
> > fiction and given it a nice buzz. A grand
> > slam for a struggling artist.
> >
> > "If this gets people to look at all this stuff
> > seriously, that's fantastic. That's exactly
> > what I wanted to do," Zieper said.
> >
> > That doesn't mean he's not upset,
> > particularly on behalf of Mark Wieger,
> > who's been besieged by vicious flame
> > emails decrying his decision to pull
> > Zieper's site.
> >
> > "They're saying, 'Why didn't you stand up
> > for the Constitution?'" Zieper said. "I think
> > that's very easy to say from afar, but
> > when the knock comes for you it's a
> > terrifying experience. They tried to infer
> > that he best get out of the way."
> >
> > That has Zieper wondering what else the
> > FBI is up to. "I hope this is just an
> > aberration," he said. "I hope that they
> > review the constitution back at the FBI
> > and don't try to do anything like this
> > again."
> >
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> > Related Wired Links:
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> > A True Y2K Disaster: the Movie
> > 20.Nov.1999
> >
> > ACLU to Spy on Echelon
> > 17.Nov.1999
> >
> > Usenet Ban a Slippery Slope?
> > 16.Nov.1999
> >
> > The Fed's Deadbeat Database
> > 9.Nov.1999
> >
> > COPA Goes Before the Bench
> > 4.Nov.1999
> >
> > 'Don't Help the Snoops'
> > 25.Oct.1999
> >
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