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IP: Bay area IPers EFF Alert: Pack San Jose Courtroom Thu morning (tomorrow)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:25:06 -0400
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:53:43 -0700 To: bayff () eff org From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () eff org> [A special alert for our SF Bay Area members & supporters.] Electronic Frontier Foundation ACTION ALERT Pack San Jose, CA, Courtroom July 12 Silicon Valley EFF members urged to support Matthew Pavlovich by attending his appeal hearing in DVD/DeCSS case (Issued: July 11, 2001 / Deadline: July 12, 2001) Introduction: Movie industry trade group DVD-CCA has filed suit against hundreds of individuals all over the world, alleging that the DeCSS software (which decodes DVD discs, enabling them to be played on Linux computers) constitutes a violation of Calif. trade secret law. While EFF does not believe that the case has merit, it has caused a lot of hardship to the defendants, all of whom are expected to defend themselves in a Calif. court room, which for most of them is very far from where they live and work. The state supreme court has ordered an appellate rehearing of the jurisdictional issue, and one defendant, Indiana student Matthew Pavlovich, has filed a renewed motion to dismiss the case against him with the appellate court, with a hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning. EFF has a strong belief that packing the court room helps ensure careful judicial review of the issues raised, and we have used this tactic to good effect on a number of occasions. What YOU Can Do Now: EFF's northern California supportes who wish to show solidarity with the DVD case defendants in their efforts to have the case against them dismissed should show up at the California Appellate Court at 333 W. Santa Clara St., 10th floor, in San Jose, at approximately 9 a.m., Thu., July 12. For directions see: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/6thDistrict/ The court hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. sharp, and could last several hours. Background: For more information on the case and the hearing, see EFF's media advisory: http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/20010711_eff_pavlovich_pr.html CAFE Campaign: This effort to back up Matthew Pavlovich's appeal is part of a larger campaign to protect, and raise awareness of, our free expression rights in digital media: EFF's Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression (CAFE). Check the CAFE campaign website regularly for additional alerts and news: http://www.eff.org/cafe/ For more information about the DVD-CCA case see: http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/ For more information on the other DVD/DeCSS cases, see: http://www.eff.org/IP/MPAA_DVD_cases/ About EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to Web sites in the world: http://www.eff.org Contact: Will Doherty, EFF Online Activist / Media Relations wild () eff org +1 415 436 9333 x111 Katina Bishop, EFF Offline Activist / Education Dir. katina () eff org +1 415 436 9333 x101 - end - -- -- Stanton McCandlish mech () eff org http://www.eff.org/~mech Technical Director/Webmaster Electronic Frontier Foundation voice: +1 415 436 9333 x105 fax: +1 415 436 9993 EFF, 454 Shotwell St. San Francisco CA 94110 USA
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