Thought that some of you might find this interesting...
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:02:00 -0800
From: Joshua Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Panel at the UO School of Law's 2000 International Human Rights
Conference
This may be of some interest to some of you who are interested in
matters of computer security, cryptography, and the legal positions
of people who break encryption schemes. Given the natures of the
speakers/debaters I expect that it will be a scintillating panel.
This issue is of special interest right now because of the legal
attack that is being made on a collection of people (and one in
particular) who managed to break the encryption system on DVDs.
Joshua Madden
>
> Greetings
> The University of Oregon School of Law's 2000 International Human
> Rights
> Conference February 25-26,2000 announces a panel/debate on the The
> Ethics
> and Legality of Hacktivism: Hacking for Human Rights. With speakers
> Oxblood Ruffin, Foreign Minister from the Cult of the Dead Cow
> (http://www.cultdeadcow.com), Hacktivist Broncobuster, and FBI Computer
> Crimes Agent, Jamie Barrett as well as an Oregon DOJ Computer Crimes
> Agent.
>
> THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PANEL IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ON THE
> SERIOUS
> STATE AND FEDERAL LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HACKING
>
> For more info e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or check the web
> site at
> http://www.law.uoregon.edu/~intllaw.
>
> *****Scroll down for keynoters and panels!!!!
>
> MORE INFO:
> Written by Oxblood Ruffin of CDC:
> The CULT OF THE DEAD COW (cDc) is the most inflential group of
> hackers on
> the Internet. Formed in 1984, the cDc has published the longest
> running
> e-zine on the Internet [cDc t-files]. More recently, the group has
> released both Back Orifice (BO) & Back Orifice 2000 (BO2K), two of the
> most popular Windows/NT network administration tools available. The CULT
> OF THE DEAD COW is often called upon to offer expert commentary on "The
> State of the Net" to the media. As leaders in the alternative computing
> community, cDc members frequently sort out complex technical issues
> journalists are required to cover in their reportage.
>
> Oxblood Ruffin is a senior strategist with the CULT OF THE DEAD COW. He
> works primarily in developing new initiatives with the group, recruiting
> new members, and forging relationships with progressive hacking groups
> in the United States and around the world. He is currently focussed on
> developing software applications to be used by Internet users living in
> authoritarian regimes (i.e. China).
>
>
> KEYNOTERS
> *Dr. Peter Irons, Professor of Political Science at the University of
> California at San Diego. Dr. Irons led the legal battle in overturning
> the WWII era convictions of Japanese-Americans internees (Korematsu and
> Hirabayshi cases), eventually paving the way for U.S. Government
> reparations to surviving Japanese-American internees in the 1980's.
>
> *Professor Ward Churchill, Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of
> Colorado - Boulder, AIM Member
>
> *Ledum Mitee, successor to Ken Saro-Wiwa of the Ogoni in Nigeria.
> President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
>
>
> Other Panels
> * Human Rights in East Timor
> * Burmese Human Rights Crisis
> * Hate Crimes
> * Hacktivism: The Legality of Hacking for Human Rights
> * Chiapas
> * Death Penalty
> * Lesbian and Gay Human Rights
> * Torture
> * The Freedom of Information Act Workshop
> * UN Peacekeeping Reform
> * International Labor Rights
> * Migrant Labor Rights
> * Children's Rights
> * Women's Rights
>
> ****The conference is FREE
> ****Please pass this e-mail along to students and colleagues.
> ****Please check the web site for the most current information and
> register at http://www.law.uoregon.edu/~intllaw ****You may download a
> brochure off the web site in PDF format ****E-mail
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more INFO
>
> Feb. 25-26,2000!!!!
>
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Cory Smith
> International Human Rights Conference Co-Director
> Co-Director of the International Law Students Association
> Human Rights Conference e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Human Rights Conference Phone :1-541-346-3175
> Human Rights Conference fax :1-909-257-8576
> Cell Phone :1-541-513-6242
> Conference Web Site :http://www.law.uoregon.edu/~intllaw
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Joshua Madden: Information Scientist, Musician, Philosopher-At-Tall
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