For those of you not on the Debian news list (in other words, for
the Greens and most of euglug) here's an update from Debian and links to
a couple of Free Dmitry sites.
In case you were wondering, their vote for the Digital Millenium
Copyright Act in 1998 (and public support since) is the principle reason I
cannot support or vote for Representative DeFazio, Senator Wyden, or
Senator Gordon Smith.
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Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS)
Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 17:21:54 +0200
From: Nils Lohner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DMCA Community Declaration
Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:27:50 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
DMCA Community Declaration [EMAIL PROTECTED]
July 25, 2002
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As many of you know, a programmer has been arrested for developing a
utility to circumvent copy protection schemes in some of Adobe's
products. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes the practice
of developing (not using, but _developing_!) such utilities illegal.
There is a community declaration regarding the DMCA online which has
already been signed by the Debian Project Leader and SPI president as
well as many other community leaders and members. This declaration
states the basic problems with the DMCA, and addresses why such a law
should not exist.
We urge you to go to the web site of the declaration and, if you agree
with the statements regarding the DMCA, to sign it. The web site is:
http://www.dibona.com/dmca/
For more information regarding the history of this issue, please visit
the following two sites:
http://www.freesklyarov.org/
http://boycottadobe.com/
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