Re: FW: FEEDBACK: Testing Microsoft and the DMCA

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 09:46:31 -0300, pandora () swi com br  said:
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 05:51:50PM -1000, Jason Coombs wrote:
> > Those who participate in this endeavor are now exposing themselves to
> > potential jail time rather than the more benign risk of time spent in court
,
> > in depositions, in meetings with attorneys, and then maybe in the poor hous
e.
> Wait a minute, you saying people in the U.S. can be thrown in jail for
> publishing or writing a book? In the 21st century?
>
> This isn't serious, is it?

Ask Dmitri Skylarov, who got a trip to jail just for pointing out that
Adobe really *did* use rot-13 encryption (really!) in their e-Book products.

And that was just for the DMCA.  Things are even worse under the Patriot
Act - we may *never* find out why Mike Hawash has been sitting in 
solitary confinement for a month, uncharged with anything, and not allowed
to contact a lawyer.

It's serious.

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