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DATE | 2001-12-02 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] New York City Noon Monday 3 December 2001: Rally to Free Dmitry Sklyarov
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I would add that Dmitry Protesting get NYLXS volutneer hours.
Ruben
On 2001.12.02 18:02:44 -0500 Jay Sulzberger wrote: >> >> Noon Monday 3 December 2001 at 41st Street and Fifth Avenue, before the >> New York Public Library, on the Island of Manhattan, there will be a >> rally >> to free Dmitry Sklyarov. >> >> >> Last week, not a trial date, but rather a date for a hearing to set >> the trial date for the Dmitry Sklyarov case was set: >> >> 15 April 2002 >> >> Dmitry was arrested 16 July 2001. Likely he will not be able to go home >> before the date of his trial, which, as it stands now, means some time >> after 15 April 2002. >> >> See below, under News, for the schedule of proceedings. >> >> >> Breakfast Meeting and Visit to Representative Weiner's office: >> >> >> from="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/appl/fairuse/bysubject.html?idno=1389" >> edit-level="light"> >> >> We are Meeting on December 5th at 10:00 am at the North Entrance to >> Sheepshead Bay train station to make an appointment and drop off >> petitions at Representative Anthony D. Weiner's office. >> >> Everyone is welcome to come. >> >> We are then having Breakfast. >> >> Ruben >> >> >> >> >> Congressman Anthony D. Weiner, Representing the 9th District of New >> York, >> has a useful home page: >> >> http://www.house.gov/weiner >> >> >> News: >> >> >> from="http://www.eff.org/effector/HTML/effect14.37.html#IV" >> edit-level="light" >> doc-class="news"> >> >> EFF Update on Sklyarov Case >> >> This is an update from the status conference held Monday in the case >> against Dmitry Sklyarov (a visiting Russian programmer arrested in the >> US for allegedly violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act by >> writing, in Russia, software that is legal in Russia), and Elcomsoft >> (his Russia-based employer). As expected, the only issue discussed at >> the hearing was the setting of dates for pre-trial motions. The issues >> were divided into two categories: DMCA (possible claims are >> unconstitutionality including vagueness, the First Amendment, and lack >> of constitutional authority) and non-DMCA issues (possible issues are >> jurisdiction, a bill of particulars, and the conspiracy charge). >> >> The non-DMCA dates are: >> Jan. 14, 2002, the opening brief is due, >> Feb. 11, the opposition (govt.) brief is due, >> Feb. 25, Dmitry's reply brief is due, >> Mar. 4, 2002, hearing. >> >> The DMCA dates are: >> Jan. 28, the opening briefs and amici are due, >> Mar. 4, the opposition (govt) brief is due, >> Mar. 18, the reply brief is due >> Apr. 1, hearing >> >> Assuming the case is not dismissed because of the motions, there will >> be a hearing to set a trial date on Apr. 15, 2002. >> >> >> >> >> >> about="Noon New York City Public Library Rallies to Free Dmitry >> Sklyarov"> >> >> Note that this is not an LXNY event, but rather the twentieth of a >> series >> of rallies, whose Lead Organizer and First Contact is >> >> Leonid Gorkin >> lgorkin-at-excite.com or lgorkin1-at-nyc.rr.com >> >> >> >> importance="high"> >> >> Do not bring any sticks to this rally. >> >> There is a New York City regulation forbidding sticks at gatherings. >> >> The New York City police officers who told us of this regulation were >> parfit gentle in their courtesy. >> >> >> >> >> There have been and will be rallies in about twenty cities. >> >> http://freesklyarov.org/calendar >> >> Much of the organizing of New York City Rallies to Free Dmitry take >> place >> on the fairuse mailing list of NYFairUse, which list may be joined at >> >> http://www.nyfairuse.org >> >> To download a flyer go to: >> >> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/dmitry-links >> http://speakeasy.org/~vagn/011.letter.pdf >> http://speakeasy.org/~vagn/011.letter.ps >> http://speakeasy.org/~vagn/011.letter.t >> >> For more information: >> >> http://freesklyarov.org >> http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov >> http://eff.org >> http://www.dibona.com/dmca >> http://www.templetons.com/brad/free.html >> http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0108.html >> >> >> >> >> >> who="Jay Sulzberger"> >> >> On the morning of 11 September 2001 the United States of America was >> attacked. One big objective of the attack is to drive us to forget our >> Bill of Rights. We will not forget. We have a right to use our >> computers >> in our homes as we see fit. We will defend this right. >> >> http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/bor.html >> >> This summer Dmitry Sklyarov was indicted. If convicted on all counts he >> faces 25 years in prison. He is accused of distributing a tool to >> manipulate files in certain Adobe formats. All manipulation occurs >> inside >> a single computer. The tool checks as best it can that the file it >> operates on is owned by the person running the tool. Under the DMCA, >> distribution of such a tool is a felony. If traditional copyright law >> were >> like the DMCA, then distribution of paper, pencils, ink, pens, and >> cameras >> would also be a felony. Today computers for home and business use >> contain >> no spy hardware nor any spy software, except for certain Trojans which >> may >> have slipped past the owner's defenses. Under the DMCA and further >> federal >> legislation proposed by Senator Hollings all personal computers will be >> required to contain over one megabyte of spy firmware which will monitor >> every single read and write of the hard disk. Under the proposed >> legislation the operating system will report back to Infotainment >> Central >> any "suspicious use" of the hard disk. Law enforcement agencies will >> easily get secret writs of computer tapping and be able to watch >> everything >> you do at home on what once was your own machine. Infotainment Central >> will be able to disable your computer without permission from you. >> >> Indictment: >> >> http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/08/31/technology/31HACK.html >> http://cryptome.org/dmitry-indict.htm >> http://cryptome.org/dmitry-burton.htm >> >> Proposed legislation: >> >> http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/lessig.html >> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html >> http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html >> http://cryptome.org/sssca >> http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0109.html >> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/16/1647231 >> http://www2.linuxjournal.com/articles/conversations/0034.html >> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/20/2047211 >> >> Our rallies and all the work of propaganda and education have been >> important in alerting the world to the threat facing not only Dmitry, >> but >> everyone who uses computers and everyone who uses the Great Commons of >> the >> Net. Despite our alert, the government of the United States chose to >> prosecute Dmitry. Our response must be clear, forceful, and effective. >> >> Why do we rally at the New York Public Library? Because the Association >> of >> American Publishers has declared that they plan to close down all free >> public libraries. Their chosen tool is the Digital Millennium Copyright >> Act. As demonstrated by the indictment of Dmitry Sklyarov, the DMCA >> does >> indeed outlaw fair use of books that you, or the library, have bought >> and >> paid for: >> >> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36584-2001Feb7.html >> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html >> http://www.visi.com/~tneu/pro-book.html >> http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/23/pirate/index.html >> http://www.macfergus.com/niels/dmca/index.html >> http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html >> http://www.fsf.org/philosophy >> http://www.loc.gov/copyright/reports/studies/dmca/comments >> http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov >> http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/boucher_ashcroft_dmca.html >> http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/July01/ginsparg.archive.ws.html >> http://arXiv.org/blurb/pg01unesco.html >> http://xxx.lanl.gov >> http://front.math.ucdavis.edu >> http://www.baen.com/library/home.htm >> http://www.lightandmatter.com/article/article.html >> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/30/opinion/30LESS.html >> http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/08/07/lessig.html >> http://www.immaterial.net/page.php3?id=44 >> http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue12/LU12-ebenmoglen.html >> http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu >> http://cryptome.org >> http://www.ala.org >> >> We need marchers and leafleteers and copiers of leaflets and designers >> of >> leaflets and propagandizers and lobbyists and lawyers and coders and >> water >> carriers and publicists and diplomats. Come to the Rally and help! >> Come >> to the Rally and meet allies! >> >> Dmitry Sklyarov today faces twenty-five years in prison for distributing >> a >> program which allows you to make fair use of books you have bought and >> paid >> for. Come to the Rally and help get Dmitry free! Free to go home and >> free >> to do his work. >> >> >> >> Jay Sulzberger >> Corresponding Secretary LXNY >> LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. >> http://www.lxny.org >> >> ____________________________ >> New Yorker Linux Users Scene >> Fair Use - >> because it's either fair use or useless.... >> -- __________________________
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