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FREE 2600! Down with the DMCA! Oppose the CBDTPA!

If you thought the DMCA was bad, just wait until you hear about the CBDTPA! (Politech) Many thanks to Declan McCullagh (again) for blowing the whistle on the latest schemes of big media and their stooges in Washington. Here is a list of Senator Hollings' top campaign contributors, just to drive the point home. (Thanks Jon O!). As chair of the commerce committee, the senator failed to protect the rights of US citizens (voters) against the commerce giants, which should have been his top job.

Alternet: PATRIOT act restaurant raid

Register: RIAA's Rosen 'writing Iraq copyright laws'

Slashdot: "Super-DMCA" Outlaws Ph.D. Thesis

Slashdot: Congress to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent

Cronicle: Recording Industry Sues 4 Students

CNET: Senator proposes warning labels for copy-restricted products

Slashdot: TEACH vs. DMCA Showdown Looming

CNET: DMCA harms technology and users

Wired: Ralph Nader, patent buster

CNET: Lexmark wins injunction in DMCA case

Politech: DMCA chipping away at competition: consumers lose again

News.com: Sneaky Palladium name change

MP3 Newswire: New bill calls for drastic changes to DCMA

Balkin: DMCA unconstitutional under Eldred v. Ashcroft?

SiliconValley.com: Supreme Court Endorses Copyright Theft

Common Dreams: Corporations Claim The "Right To Lie"

Slashdot: Dow parody and DMCA backlash
Mirror this!

Politech: White House plans to propose Total Internet Monitoring plan

Wired: Downside to digital rights pact?

Slashdot: Toner Cartridges new DMCA victim

News.com: Judge delays hearing in toner DMCA case

Slashdot: Russian Student Arrested For Revealing DirecTV Secrets

Wired: Why RIAA Keeps Getting Hacked

Slashdot: BSA To Join Battle Against DRM

Yahoo: Elcomsoft found not guilty: a victory for fair use

Wired: Keeping track of John Poindexter

Wired: All eyes on Elcomsoft trial

TidBITS: The evil that is the DMCA

Register: RIAA orders US Navy to surrender

Slashdot: Consumers don't want crippled CDs

Slashdot: Hilary Rosen defeated at Oxford Union

Newsforge: "Geek activism" forces Congress to reconsider Open Source

Slashdot: RMS Urges Opposition to "Trusted Computing"

Wired: Stop the patent process madness

Register: DMCA critics get chance to object

Slashdot: Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments
Politech: Photes from suppreme court
Lawrence Lessig: From the front line

Gary Shapiro: P2P is legal and moral
News.com: Consumer electronics group blasts Hollywood
Politech: Shapiro's speech
Newsforge: Consumer groups state DRM case

Slashdot: Apple uses DMCA
It has got to be a mistake, because any company so clueless as to use the DMCA is total garbage. Perhaps Apple wants a return to their bad old closed platform days, which caused the FSF boycott. It is high time that we made our own DVD drivers.

White House cyber-security: A sop to Microsoft?
News.com: White House punts on M$ security
Register: White House plan boosts Palladium, TCPA
Register: M$ lobbied heavily to influence the report?
Register: RMS weighs in
Seul.org: Draft report online

Wired: Free speech, free content

Linux Today: HP ousts Perens

Scripting News: Tara Sue's weblog
O'Reilly Network: The strange story of Tara Sue
Get your feed here: GNU-Darwin Monster News.


Tara Sue	GNU- Darwin	The Register	Boing Boing	The RIAA

Wired: Digital crackdown looming

Politech: Biden wants a mickey mouse police force
Apparently Hollywood has more influence on Congress than "140 million" citizens. Perhaps the Senator doesn't think that we vote!


More: U.S. politicians want P2P pirates placed in federal prison
News.com:Justice department agrees

Slashdot: Biden's sneaky backdoor DRM amendment

Slashdot: Berman-Coble fair use restriction bill
Candy-coated poison, still poison.
Politech: Anti-democratic influence of money on Berman bill backers
News-Record.com: Coble wrong about Hollywood hackers
Wired: Dark side hack bill
Register: Congress turns hacks into hackers. Hilarious!
News.com: Hollywood will hack your PC

The Cronicle of Higher Education: Copyright as Cudgel
Here are some key ideas which are backed up with documented exampes in the article.
Fair use is dying
DMCA prompts censorship
Academic freedom is under attack
DMCA is reckless and ill-conceived
Academia has a vested interest in fair use
Citizenship is blocked by laws like the DMCA
Copyright is not a property grant
DMCA is a failure

News.com: ACLU targets DMCA

Wired: Free software hero silenced by DMCA

Slashdot: HP uses DMCA, HP backs off
This is the same company that silenced Bruce Perens. It has got to be a mistake, because any company so clueless as to use the DMCA is total garbage. They have a big target on their privates that says "Boycott Me!", and another on their backsides that says, "DOS Me!". Take note all; If this is true, it could be the end of HP.

We are the stakeholders!: DC 7/17 outcome
GNU-Darwin: Blackout
DC 7/17 was staged on the one year anniversary of the jailing of Dmitry Sklyarov. GNU-Darwin stands firm, and more actions will follow. Many thanks to all the activists who made this wonderful exploit a reality. If you appreciate what GNU-Darwin is doing, please consider contributing to the Distribution.

Photos: Thanks Declan!
News.com: Commerce Dept. reaches out to free software advocates
Newsforge: Commerce Department will invite consumer groups to DRM discussion
News.com: Tech activists protest anti-copying
Newsforge: Fair use advocates silenced at DRM meeting
Register: Fair use advocates silenced by Big Brother
Newsforge: Does Hollywood get to "manage" your rights?
DSLreports: Stacked deck DRM roundtable
Commerce: Press release
Initial release: DC 7/17
Follow ups: 1, 2. News Release
NY fair use action: 15:1 Balanced panel?
Broadband: Broadband users under attack
EFF: BPDG report and blog
Scripting News: The web runs on love not greed
Small pieces loosely joined
Fox News: Music fans must rebel against greedy record industry
Commerce: Give public comments!

Palladium consumer oppression scheme: Trust Microsoft?
ZDNet: MS: Why we can't trust your 'trustworthy' OS
The Register: MS to eradicate GPL
Washington Post: Microsoft Wants Security Hard-Wired in Your Computer
Slashdot: MS Palladium patent
Read the Palladium FAQ


Microsoft's notions of "security" and "trust" are obviously one-sided, and such a system would certainly be used to squash fair use and first sale rights. Moreover, mono-culture is bad policy for computer security; Damages will be widespread when the system is inevitably compromised. The internet is our public common, but in this scheme Microsoft would be the sole gatekeeper. Free software can protect you from such outrages, because the source code is anchored to the commons for all to see. Use free software instead of Microsoft products.

GNU-Darwin free software recommendations
Web browser: Dillo
Word Processor: AbiWord
Spreadsheet: Gnumeric
Email app: Postilion
Graphics editor: The Gimp
Presentation SW: ImageMagick
Personal encryption: GnuPG
Web Services: DotGNU


All of this software is available for Apple computers and Intel PCs, from The GNU-Darwin Distribution

Wired: ReplayTV users sue Hollywood!
Fair use is a right! Here's a follow up.

Register: FBI subpoenas journalists
Declan got one too. One wonders if Ashcroft has heard of freedom of the press.