FC: Sega tries to censor hacker discussions of Dreamcast system

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2931893.html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni

   Sega wants to silence advice on hacker sites
   By John Borland
   Staff Writer, CNET News.com
   October 4, 2000, 1:30 p.m. PT

   Citing piracy concerns, Sega of America is seeking to shut down a
   handful of Web sites and message boards that discuss its Dreamcast
   game system, leading one publication to fight back with charges of
   censorship.

   Sega has launched a campaign of cease-and-desist letters against a
   list of Web sites that provide news about pirated Dreamcast games,
   including release information, reviews, credits and some instructions.
   Although most of these sites are shutting down rather than facing the
   giant, at least one news site is fighting back, saying that the
   copyright holders have gone too far.

   Jennifer Granick, the attorney representing Web site Isonews, says
   Sega has stepped over the line in asking her client to kill a message
   board devoted to the Dreamcast player. The request, she says, could
   put new limits on what kind of speech is deemed legal inside a
   bulletin board-style forum service.

   [...]




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