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From: "jonnyx" ">jonnyx@mindspring.com>
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From: Jim Gleason ">jgleason@electriclichen.com>
To: ale@ale.org
Subject: NYLUG.org, DCLUG and NOVALUG to Protest the DMCA - 5/2/2000,
Wash. DC
To: ">nylug-talk@nylug.org, ">nylug-announce@nylug.org
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:22:56 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: Jim Gleason ">jgleason@electriclichen.com>
NYLUG.org, DCLUG and NOVALUG to Protest the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act
on May 2nd in Washington DC
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 23, 2000 -- The New York Linux Users Group
(nylug.org),
The Washington DC Linux Users Group (dclug.tux.org) and The Northern
Virginia
Linux Users Group (novalug.tux.org) are teaming up to hold a joint
demonstration to protest The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
during
public hearings in Washington DC on May 2nd.
In its current version, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
grants
copyright holders sweeping legal authority over technological measures
that
control access to copyrighted works, such as weak encryption.
This new legislation also enables Hollywood movie studios, including
Universal Studios, MGM, Turner Networks, and Time Warner; to extend
their
copyright protection of content into the consumer electronics industry,
and allows them to control the commercial manufacture and retail sale of
DVD players.
Consequently, no Linux computers are manufactured anywhere in the world
that
can lawfully play a DVD movie. When Jon Johansen, a 16 year old
Norwegian,
wrote software code to play a purchased DVD on his Linux computer,
police
units and other government authorities staged a surprise raid on his
home,
confiscated his computer and telephone equipment, and arrested both he
and
his father. According to Johansen, they were subjected to questioning
for
approximately 6-7 hours, apparently without a lawyer. It is reported
that
the charges carry fines and prison terms of up to two years.
Eric Raymond, co-demonstrator and prominent leader in the open source
software movement (www.opensource.org) remarked, "Any US law that
abolishes
consumers' fair use rights and leads to 16-year-old kids getting hassled
by foreign police is just wrong. This has got to end."
When a DVD movie is lawfully purchased, it is implied that the purchaser
is
authorized to access the file contained within the physical media in
order
to view it on whatever platform that person uses. The DMCA needs to be
changed
so that copyright holders do not have the right to control a consumer's
lawful
experience with a DVD.
Information on how to join the protest can be found at http://nylug.org
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Jim Gleason
President, New York Linux Users Group
">jim@valinux.com
http://www.nylug.org
Telephone Contact: (212) 858-7684
Fax Press Contact: (212) 858-7685
For more information, please see:
* NYLUG.org (New York City, NY) http://nylug.org
* DCLUG Home Page (Bethesda, MD) http://dclug.tux.org
* NovaLUG Home Page (Chantilly, VA) http://novalug.tux.org
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