November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

2600 loses DMCA appeal
by Greg Newby 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

>From http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=852 2600 DMCA APPEAL LOST - FELTEN LAWSUIT THROWN OUT Posted 28 Nov 2001 22:39:50 UTC A decision has come down in our DMCA appeal in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. We lost. The text of the decision is now available and Judge Kaplan's decision of August 2000 was upheld. We will update this story as we continue to learn more. And we want to thank everyone who has continued to support us in this long and difficult battle. ... The decision is linked at http://www.2600.com/news/112801-files/UniversalBrief_3.pdf I've read through it (71 pages). The Court of Appeals seems to have done a thorough job of considering the arguments of both sides. They want to take a narrow interpretation of the 1st ammendment, in order to allow new developments of law concerning electronic media to emerge. They were thoroughly convinced that computer code is speech, whether in object form, source code or something else. They devoted many pages to defending this position. But they also distinguished the functional from the speech elements of a run-able program (following Judge Kaplan), and believe that the functional component, which essentially can break the law without a user doing much other than running it, lessens 1st ammendment protection. Like Kaplan, they think providing a clickable hyperlink to download a file on another site is the same as providing that file on your site. They don't seem to think that fair use implies any particular ability to copy in a way the customer chooses - seeming to say that the copyright owners can dictate what constitutes fair use. I'm looking forward to seeing a more complete analysis by someone with better credentials than I have...the above are just a few things I noticed. -- gbn

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Slashdot | DMCA 2, Freedom 0
by Jim Choate 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

[When did ThinkGeek start selling 'Cypherpunk' T-shirts?] http://slashdot.org/articles/01/11/29/001234.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bell Arguments
by mattd 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

"Scary" AP stars." Mmm, sandy sandfort among others pissed on AP from a great height.I was going to call him for my defence until arbusto made that moot. It is scary that in theory AP could work without killing anyone who didnt want to commit suicide. "They knew I wasn't planning to kill federal agents", Bell said this month. "They were scared because I had written something that shows a way to eliminate government. They were afraid I could convince the public that I could replace existing government for no more than a 10th or 20th of its current cost." Cryptoanarchy must supercede 'money' and 'justice'. Operation soft drill,mass civil disobedience and a general strike for Cryptoanarchy and FREEDOM! mattd aka proffr Death threat to GWBush inserted <here>by the vic.pol.com.squad.

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28 Nov '01

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28 Nov '01

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Independent (UK): PPJC\Trap - Revenge is a trap & Bush is falling right in...
by Jim Choate 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

http://www.peaceandjustice.org/nowar/2fiskhi.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Rubberhose cryptographically deniable transparent disk encryption system
by Jim Choate 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

http://www.rubberhose.org/ -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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CNN.com - Supreme Court considers controls on online porn - November 28, 2001
by Jim Choate 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/11/28/scotus.onlineporn.ap/index.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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California Appeals Court Upholds Message Board Speech
by Jim Choate 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Kick Ass!!!! http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172455.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Day by day the Penguins are making me lose my mind. Bumper Sticker The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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[psychohistory] media bias (fwd)
by Jim Choate 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Christopher <anonymous_animus(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: psychohistory(a)yahoogroups.com To: psychohistory(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [psychohistory] media bias This advice to journalists might also be helpful to psychohistorians: A Yugoslav Journalist's Advice to U.S. Media Jasmina Teodosijevic-Ryan, TomPaine.com November 7, 2001 How and when does journalism become propaganda? As a writer, broadcaster and media analyst from the former Yugoslavia, I have observed the process first-hand. It starts slowly, then spreads like a stain. The transformation from objective journalism to propaganda begins with the addition of adjectives when referring to the other side. The "enemy" becomes "merciless" or "hate-filled". Then comes the shaping, cutting and editing reports to benefit one side. "Our" victims have names, faces and grieving families; they must be avenged. "Theirs" do not exist. When journalists say "we" to refer to "their" side's military force, they've crossed the decisive bright line into nonprofessional territory. I analyzed both Serbian and Kosovo Albanian media for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting during the months of high violence in Kosovo in 1998-1999. Most striking was the similarity of language and models that the biased media of both sides were using to demonize and dehumanize the "others." "Murderers", "death squads", "terrorists" and "zlocinci" (evildoers) were always on the other side. One of those media was Radio-Television of Serbia, which strongly supported the policy of former president Milosevic, and helped him remain in power by falsifying the news and manipulating public opinion. Their studios were bombed during the NATO air-strikes on Yugoslavia in 1999, and 16 young staffers died there. International organizations protested NATO's hitting this seemingly-civilian target. NATO's officials responded that Radio-Television of Serbia were a part of Milosevic's war propaganda machine, and as thus, a legitimate military target. One wonders how would NATO have reacted if Milosevic had the power to rocket Fox News or CNN. We usually connect propaganda to totalitarian regimes and undemocratic societies. But recently, when major American broadcast networks decided to edit bin Laden's statements in response to a government request, I saw U.S. media abandoning the main principles of journalism. Until then, I had explained away the unprofessional mistakes I'd observed as understandable outbursts of emotion in the aftermath of September 11th. But then I read CBS president Andrew Heyward's explanation about the decision to censor bin Laden: "Given the historic events we are enmeshed in, it's appropriate to explore new ways of fulfilling our responsibilities to the public." Farewell to the media responsibility to fully and impartially inform the public! Who really believes that the government instruction to reduce coverage of bin Laden was for the public benefit? I think the government's main concern was not that bin Laden might send "secret messages" through U.S. television, but that his arguments were more complex that the caricature they wished to sell to the public. In times of turbulence and war, when passions and emotions prevail over reason, journalists are pressured from all sides, even by their own emotions. Slowly and imperceptibly, they can slide from professionalism into political marketing. Aware of that, I developed a set of simple reminders for myself, that might be useful to other colleagues when navigating in these choppy waters. -Always remain a third party. No war is "your" war. - Resist free advice from the government. Preserve your skepticism. -Treat the victims on all sides with respect. All human beings have faces and families. No one should be dehumanized as "collateral damage." -And, finally, in whatever ways you can manage to, observe propagandist media on the other side. Do you look like them? Have you become a soldier of your own propagandist army? http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11880 ===== It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. -- Alfred Adler We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion. -- Sydney J. Harris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------~-~> to unsubscribe from this group, send a blank message to mailto:psychohistory-unsubscribe@egroups.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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