---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 17:21:54 +0200 From: Nils Lohner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DMCA Community Declaration Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:29:48 +0800 (PHT) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ DMCA Community Declaration [EMAIL PROTECTED] July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ -- Nils Lohner E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Press Team Press: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
