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Limiting copyright
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

GENERAL The US Constitution empowers Congress to pass laws "to promote progress of science and [the] useful arts." Congress has chosen to accomplish this constitutional goal by granting authors a limited set of exclusive rights in their works. The founding fathers wanted, through copyright, to encourage the useful arts and thereby offer to the public the fruits of these artists. Copyright protects all original works of authorship, including such things as personal letters and corporate memoranda, from the moment they are first fixed in a tangible form. About 50,000 U.S. books go out-of-print each year. The lack of continuous availability of these works runs counter to the implicit balance sought by the founding fathers between the needs of the public and copyright holders. In the past copyright holders could reasonably maintain that economics prohibited keeping works in print, with practical, economic and ubiquitous on-line means, this is no longer a barrier. This being so, why should copyrights on "significant" works (e.g., written one's with length's greater than 20,000 words) which have been commercialized continue when the public cannot gain ready access to copy of same? This logic follows from the use-it-or-lose-it concept of trademarks. Changes are need to ensure the public that such "significant" commercialized copyright works are continuously available. Under this recommendation the works must remain available from the copyright holder or their licensee, specialty resellers (e.g., hard to find book locators) wouldn't count, but electronic publication would. If a copyright holder fails to keep a work continuously available, then after a brief interval (e.g., six months) the copyright would lapse. SOME DETAILS Reversion Often, the owner of copyright (the author) is different from the owner of the privilege to publish of a book or item. This privilege is assigned by a contract between an author and publisher, mediated by an agent and editor. Once signed, the author has little influence on the decision to keep a book in print (unless they are big-time authors, like Danielle Steele or Stephen King.) Furthermore, changes in editors, editorial direction, management, ownership, etc., can affect decisions on whether or not to support a book, keep it in print, etc., none of which the average author can influence. Usually, contracts between authors and publishers have rights reversions clauses, returning all rights to the author, once a book goes out-of-print. However, publishers have come up with a new term "out-of-stock-indefinitely" which fundamentally means "out-of-print" but doesn't trigger reversion of rights. Therefore, a part of the provision might ban author-publisher contract clauses with these reversion changes. This would be similar to music copyrights/contract law which limit a composers right to sign over more than a certain percentage of their interest in a work to the publisher. Revision An author may sometimes seek to remove a work from circulation, perhaps the work becomes embarrassing or dated and needs to be revised. So, another part of the provision might allow the author to irrevocably place the copyright for a work to be withdrawn in a state of "limbo" such that no one (including the author) could publish the work until the author's death (or the copyright's normal expiration date). Copyright for revised works would permit the author to replace one work with another by relinquishing the copyright for the former work (which cannot be republished until the copyright's normal expiration date.) -- Steve

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Java compilation
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

hi there was a discussion on this mailing list on whether java to native code compilers are available now. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ todd(a)cs.arizona.edu Todd A. Proebsting at University of Arizona CS Department, SUBJECT "Toba," A Robust Java-to-C Translation System New Beta Release of Toba for Linux! URL http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sumatra/toba/ DESCRIPTION "Toba" translates Java bytecodes to C. After being compiled, the generated routines link with Toba's run-time system, which includes a complete garbage collector, threads interface (Solaris version only), and core Java API. Toba translates applications (e.g., javac), not applets. Toba-translated applications typically run 3-5 times faster than those interpreted by Sun's JDK 1.0.2. Toba's API does not currently include AWT or dynamic linking. The Solaris version of Toba has thread support; the Linux version does not. (Thread support is not needed for many popular Java applications like javac.) PLATFORM Solaris, Linux BODY Our freely-available distribution includes source code for all of Toba---we encourage outside porting efforts. Toba (the translator) is written in Java. The run-time system is in C. Toba uses the freely- available Boehm-Weiser garbage collector. The Solaris version uses the native Solaris threads package. (We have not used any of Sun's source code--in any way--to develop Toba. Toba source code is free of all of Sun's licensing restrictions.) While this is a beta distribution, Toba appears robust. Because of their significantly improved performance, we run Toba-compiled versions of javac (and Toba itself) exclusively for development purposes and have done so for the last four months. For more information please visit our website, http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sumatra/toba/ Or, simply fetch our distribution and enjoy running your java applications many times faster: ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/sumatra/toba/toba.tar.Z Toba is part of the larger, on-going "Sumatra" research project at the Department of Computer Science of The University of Arizona. The Sumatra project explores the issues surrounding efficient execution of mobile code. For more information about the Sumatra Project, visit our website, http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sumatra/ Members of the Sumatra Project: Todd A. Proebsting (project leader) John H. Hartman Gregg M. Townsend Patrick Bridges Tim Newsham Scott A. Watterson - Igor.

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CAVE Dig Out
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just re-read John Perry Barlow's 1992 article, "Decrypting the Puzzle Palace," and was knocked over by his attack on TIA's TR45.3 committee and the CAVE algorithm. If you've not seen it lately (and Whit Diffie's comments on CAVE), I've put it at: http://jya.com/puzzle.htm Inspired by this and John Gilmore's similar attack on TIA and the TR45.3 gang in a message to me, I've put notices on my Web site that I will provide the CAVE algorithm to anyone who asks (and the TR45.3 document): http://jya.com/cave.htm Analysis of it will determine whether CAVE is as deliberately NSA-crippled as Gilmore, Barlow and Diffie claim, and that the TIA and the TR45.3 "wannabe spooks" committee cravenly caved (but, hey, it's never too late to dig out). Thanks to those who upbraded me for caving too. Digging now.

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WinSock temporarily going down
by Jim Ray 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: remailer-operators(a)c2.net, cypherpunks(a)toad.com, jgrasty(a)gate.net Date: Sun Dec 29 11:10:08 1996 Due to a glitch that could potentially open the way to serious abuse of the remailer, the WinSock remailer is temporarily ceasing operation. We will return to seminormal operation when Joey returns to town, probably in a day or two. My apologies if this inconveniences anyone. JMR WinSock admins Regards, Jim Ray <jmr(a)shopmiami.com> DNRC Minister of Encryption Advocacy "In local news, the city of Miami discovered that it was $68 million short and was forced to seriously consider cutting back such municipal operations as the City Hall Drive-Thru Bribe Window." -- Dave Barry, 12/29/96 PGP id.A7D63DA9 98 1F 39 BA 93 86 B4 F5 57 52 64 0E DA BA 2C 71 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEPAwUBMsaX5jUhsGSn1j2pAQHAcQfQxWeTzFsNBnzK3582Tz4Yopq4zzsTL4E2 BIYs0ipNDE9lXxx3ITpHswHJh6W5ueMFrUshGmu7dvkA/NVyib3RxMGZTQi6v3Wt qBb+89Q6pUJOi9PRC9cuBdHJ+jIP962klkGZ5ir19VWzQ2+R6tel7oMq0zlIJap1 U6bw0xQbxf9hg3RayFvISw0u0xWsHbj0d1oDhE7flihR/8CKAqgmRwtn/1h24EJY Tpxou04PWVgvDkuciIlYbEgyHtRA/qQj6BSTpa/uL8BfYYvhQ60ZZYDpStnN0FRo 6v92BW7ESvhDg9A3re6KHraMPWFkM8Yt2EO4NLw8ShE2Hg== =diu+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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www.af.mil
by Adam Shostack 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Has been, um, revised. You can learn all about gov't corruption here. Learn the secrets that they don't know want you to know. Well not really, I don't have time for that. -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume

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Re: Internal Passports
by drose＠AZStarNet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: >At 6:09 PM -0700 12/29/96, drose(a)AZStarNet.com wrote: > >>"After Austria and Germany, Switzerland is my favourite country. I have >>spent the past 40 winters and 10 summers there. I love the place because >>it's clean, beautiful, very conservative and its people mind their own >>business." >> Taki, in today's _Sunday Times_(London). > >Yes, the same Germany that is restricting Internet access, that proposed to >jail Compuserve executives for allowing banned material on the Net, and >that has laws making various opinions illegal (specifically, the opinion >that the Holocaust never happened as the official version declares, or that >Aryans are superior to non-Aryans, etc.). > >I enjoy all three countries, as a tourist, but I strongly doubt the "its >people mind their own business" characterization, even for Switzerland >alone (and certainly not for Germany). Woops. Guess that I should elided the "After Austria and Germany" clause. Ob C-punks issues, I recall that Remo Pini, one of the Swiss on the list, was preparing a CD-ROM crypto compilation disc. He hasn't posted in some time, so perhaps the authorities have decided that such a project was in fact "their business." Seriously, I hope that Remo is able to give some information on the state of the current Swiss crypto regs.

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Re: Crypto Rules
by silly＠ugcs.caltech.edu 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> writes: >Federal Register: December 30, 1996: >Page 68572-68587 >Bureau of Export Administration > >Encryption Items Transferred From the U.S. Munitions List >to the Commerce Control List >... >Note to paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section: A printed >book or other printed material setting forth encryption source code >is not itself subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(2)). However, >notwithstanding Sec. 734.3(b)(2), encryption source code in >electronic form or media (e.g., computer diskette or CD ROM) remains >subject to the EAR (see Sec. 734.3(b)(3)). >... It's curious that they're still making this distinction. I've got to wonder, if push came to shove, how they'd differentiate between, say, a book and a TeX document of the same book, on a CD. Unfortunately, the person testing this may go to prison for a long time. I saw no mention of prison time or fines for breaking these provisions -- I can only assume that the teeth are buried in other Commerce regulations. Does anyone know offhand what penalties are involved? Also, the choice of the Commerce Department to play gatekeeper is an interesting one, tactically. Is the addition of a few "or import" clauses likely? "One small step..." as they say. (me)

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Happy New Year!!!
by multi＠manybiz.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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FCC Access Charge Proceeding
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 10:19:56 -0600 >Reply-To: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Originator: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Sender: telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >Precedence: bulk >From: NJF <NJF(a)commlaw.com> >To: Multiple recipients of list <telecomreg(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu> >Subject: FCC Access Charge Proceeding >X-Comment: Requests (UNSUBSCRIBE/HELP) to: listserver(a)relay.doit.wisc.edu >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Status: U > > I have placed on our Web site at: > > http://www.commlaw.com/pepper/Memos/InfoLaw/access.html > >an analysis of the FCC's Notice of Inquiry on whether ISPs should be >required to pay access charges. We also have available the full text of >the NOI (long) for downloading in Word and WordPerfect formats. > > This is an extremely important proceeding for anyone doing business >online. If the RBOCs get their way, the cost of connecting to the Net >could go through the roof. Pepper & Corazzini is preparing to file >comments and reply comments on behalf of interested parties. This will >be a very time-consuming effort as we anticipate voluminous comments to >be filed by a large number of companies. We are prepared to file joint >comments and replies on behalf of companies supporting the present >policy of exempting ISPs from access charges. This will enable a large >number of firms to participate at a nominal cost. Please contact me if >you are interested. And please feel free to circulate this to any list >that may be relevant. > >Neal J. Friedman >Telecommunications and Information Law >Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P. >1776 K St., N.W. >Washington, DC 20006 >njf(a)commlaw.com >Voice: 202-296-0600 Fax: 202-296-0600 >Web Site: http://www.commlaw.com >> >

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cypherpunks suggestion
by ichudov＠algebra.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John -- Just got back after vacation... It is my understanding that cpunks list has been attacked by several clever tricks. I have a couple of suggestions on how to improve protection of this list: # Use the following recipe in .procmailrc for cypherpunks (or majordomo) # account: :0 * ^TOcypherpunks * !^X-Loop: * !^FROM_MAILER * !^FROM_DAEMON * !^X-Mailing-List: { # get rid of duplicates :0 Wh: msgid.lock | formail -D 65524 msgid.cache # add X-Loop:, etc :0 fhw | formail -I "X-Loop: cypherpunks(a)toad.com" \ -I "X-Mailing-List: cypherpunks(a)toad.com" \ -I "Precedence: list" \ -I "Errors-To: cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com" # this recipe finally passes the submission to majordomo :0 | majordomo .... } The rest is not really anything for cypherpunks, and should go to /dev/null. - Igor.

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