FC: Paul McMasters on Vanessa Leggett still in jail for 37 days

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Paul is the First Amendment Ombudsman at the Freedom Forum. --DBM] * From: Paul McMasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Prosecutors, judges keep Vanessa Leggett in jail for 37 days Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:03:44 -0400 Declan, H

FC: Brian K. West's defense lawyer replies to U.S. Attorney

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
From: "Cherie M. Chappell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Brian West - Defense Press Release Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 19:26:06 -0500 Defense Press Release - For Immediate Release In response to U.S. Attorney Sheldon (Shelly) J. Sperling's web posted News Release of

FC: Prosecutors, judges keep Vanessa Leggett in jail for 37 days

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
The case of Vanessa Leggett, an independent, courageous and principled writer who refused to turn over her unpublished notes to prosecutors deserves notice. So far, to the shame of the government and the judiciary, she has been in jail 37 days. Texas prosecutors are attempting a second try at

FC: More on DMCA restricting forensics tools and crypto research

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
There seem to be two important questions here: 1. Do the DMCA's civil or criminal sections apply to developing and selling police forensics tools to the general public? Does the law enforcement exception in the DMCA stretch to make such behavior lawful -- if you sell only to law enforcement? 2.

FC: Letter to CAGW and CSE: Why should governments use MS products?

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
* Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 10:49:30 -0400 From: "\"Robin \\\"Roblimo\\\" Miller\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Microsoft allies reply to dead-people-writing-letters story Re: Citizens Against Government Waste and Citizens for a Sound Economy's reactions to t

FC: More on Brian K. West, DOJ, and "Good Samaritan" prosecution

2001-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
* In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 19:41:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: John Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: U.S. Attorney replies to "Good Samaritan" outcry with statement Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's an interesting defense --