Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:01:13 -0400 From: bobhunt@erols.com Subject: [lpaz-repost] (fwd) [Fwd: [Fwd: [cp] Big Brother at it again]] To: lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com
sorry
second attempt
bob hunt
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:37:55 -0500, "Richard E. Pearl, Sr. Ed.D.," <rpearl1@hotcom.net> wrote:
My screwy software, Bob, is Netscape 4.76. I still can't figure out why you are the only one having problems with it, but here is the message again.
"Richard E. Pearl, Sr. Ed.D.," wrote: >
> Subjec: [cp] Big Brother at it again
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 19:00:27 -0700
> From: Laird D Kelly <laird.kelly@juno.com>
> Reply-To: cp3@yahoogroups.com
> To: cp3@yahoogroups.com
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/08/0238200
>
> "If you thought the DMCA was a nightmare, wait 'til you find out what
> Congress is planning this fall. The sequel is called the "Security
> Systems Standards and Certification Act," and it requires PCs and
>consumer electronic devices to support "certified security technologies"
> to be approved by the Commerce Department. Backers of the SSSCA include
> Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-S.C.), who heads the powerful Senate Commerce
> committee, and, reportedly, Disney. "
>
> Want to replace a failed harddrive?
> Want to build your own computer?
> Want to run Linux instead of Windows to avoid government required
> "backdoors"?
> Want to use phones/modems/PBX's/etc. without built-in wiretaps?
> All this and more will be illegal under the SSSCA
>
> <quoting from posts on slashdot.org>
>
> "Just what everyone wants, I'm sure: Demand remains high, supply is cut
> dramatically, prices soar, youths mug people or hold up liquor stores to
> raise the cash, all the jackals move in to the black-market
> cash-opportunity they see gathering, and pretty soon gangs are
> slaughtering each other on the streets over non-Compliant hard drives.
> Customs officials sieze 400 gigs of Class A disk space (est. street
> value: $500,000).
>
> The Government then runs Public Service announcements: "PIRACY KILLS"
> "MP3: JUST SAY NO" "WINNERS DON'T USE NONCOMPLIANT HARDWARE DEVICES"
> "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS COPY MOVIES". They also offer tax rebates and
> other cash benefits
> (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/31/magazines/index.html) to
> television shows and movies who include significantly pro-Digital Rights
> Management plotlines in their work."...
>
> "New search-and-seizure laws are drafted to fight the War On Piracy, in
> order to Clean Up Our Sreets And Save Our Children From Evil. All laptop
> computers are spot-checked at airports and potential employees are asked
> to undergo a hard-drive scan to ensure they are not "using".
>
> Caffiene mints, copyleft t-shirts, and any item bearing a penguin logo
> are banned (http://www.emdef.org/laws_and_cases.html/) from COMDEX and
> any other gathering of software developers under Cracking House laws
> (http://www.aclu.org/court/behan.pdf) These things are sure signs
> (http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/demand/annlanders.htm) of illegal activity.
>
> Far-fetched? Facetious? A little of both. But the general principles have
> been shown to hold true in the past, repeatedly."
>
> "The draft as it reads in the version posted outlines a ludicrous piece
> of law. It's not hard to see how this puts a burden on industry, further
> restricts Fair Use (especially in conjunction with the DMCA) and
> strengthens the rights of the copyright holders (especially in
> conjunction with the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension -- aka "Mickey Mouse
> Copyright" -- Act) at the expense of the public domain. It's easy to see
> how vague the bill will be and how perilous the law: consider the
> definition of "interactive digital device" ... "any ... technology ...
> that is ... used for the primary purpose of storing ..." -- an HP
> calculator with 2K RAM would qualify; have fun with the myriad valid ways
> to read that overly-broad definition. "
>
> Time to tell Disney why you will not buy any of their products and tell
> your congresscritter why they can expect to be fired at the next
> election...
>
> ._, INET laird.kelly@juno.com
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