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| DATE | 2002-05-09 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org: Fwd: Boucher: Pro- ContentControl]
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>From ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Thu May 9 11:16:20 2002
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From: Ruben I Safir
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Subject: Re: [seth.johnson-at-RealMeasures.dyndns.org: Fwd: Boucher: Pro- ContentControl]
In-Reply-To: <009e01c1f75f$a20d02c0$f2b497ac-at-oemcomputer> from Tony Stanco at
"May 9, 2002 09:44:23 am"
To: Tony Stanco
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
CC: Ruben I Safir , rms-at-gnu.org, moglen-at-columbia.edu
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They tried that with the DMCA and it was an abysmal failure rersulting
in the courts all but ignoring the reverse engineering and fair use
exemption. I think your method concedes failure from the start.
In addition, these forces are not powerful. We need to target the members of
that sub-committee in their districts by mobilizing the local computer
groups and librarian societies to hit the streets.
And all this is just a stalling tactic until we get the fair use bill
up to the hill.
Then we turn the damn tables and make the Movie industry play ball on our
home court.
Ruben
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> If we did that, we may lose everything, because so many powerful forces are
> aligned and the legislation will most likely pass. Better to try to change
> some language so that FS is not impacted, or minimally impacted -- a
> carve-out for FS of some sort.
>
> I think this is where Eben also was. If we are going to push for opposing
> everything, I want to hear that Eben is on board with that. I doubt we have
> the lobbying power to stop the legislation and gambling for that and failing
> can cause us problems for years.
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>
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