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| DATE | 2002-05-05 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Happy Birthday NY Fairuse
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Everyone who has participated in the efforts over the last year to roll back the DMCA and to fight for
Fair Use, should take a bow, as NY Fair Use is one year old this week. It was last May, in response to
the growing threat of digital rights management systems and legal extortion which threatened our Public
Libraries, and Public School system, a few of us joined together for the first meeting of NY Fairuse at
the Killarny Rose downtown. Through that Summer, and through the most difficult Fall anyone could ever
imagine, NY Fair Use has been a beacon for freedom, individual rights, and political action unto today.
Over this past year, we have had incredible success in bringing the issues to Congress, and making our
elected leaders aware of present danger to the foundation stone of Demacracy. When Librarians were called
terrorist by AAP, we were their fighting for libraries. And when Dmitry Skylar was jailed, we were ready to
lead the way for his freedom. And when the WTC was being destroyed, we were in the streets protecting the
rights of individuals to their property and access to information. And this winter, when everyone was afraid
to go to Washington, we were there dropping our petitions and presenting our cases.
But there is still more to do. Come join NYFAIRUSE as we plan our next phase in protecting digital property
rights, as we press Congress for protection from Copyright abuse in the home and in business as we press for
a new Fair Use bill, currently being written by Jean Thewell. The objectives of this bill will be to give
power back to artists and writers, to prevent wiretapping our our computers, and protect fair competition
in the digital device market, by defining more tightly Copyright as the exception to Fair Use.
Meet with us Tuesday, May 7th at the Killarny Rose, 6:30PM, at 82 Beaver Street, and help us pass this bill,
and bring a new era of fair use, empowerment, and fair competition into the 21st Century.
Ruben
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