[Paul is the First Amendment Ombudsman at the Freedom Forum. --DBM]
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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,
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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
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writer who refused to turn over her unpublished notes to prosecutors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
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.
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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
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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 --