As most of you know, the RSA patent expires next week (that they issued a press release waiving some rights early notwithstanding). We've been waiting a *long* time for this, and now we're throwing a long-anticipated party to celebrate! This is a benefit for the CryptoRights Foundation, which, among other things, promotes the use of cryptography by Human Rights workers in "less-friendly" countries in order to protect both the workers and the people they're trying to interview and help. [If you've never heard a talk by one of these people who goes to train said human rights workers in the use of crypto and steganography, you should get someone to tell you about it; it's not otherwise obvious how related the fields are, and it's extremely enlightening.] There will be no charge at the door, but t-shirts and stuff will be available to buy. You need to reserve (free) tickets in advance, though, which can be had by emailing <rsa-patent-benefit@cryptorights.org>. Below is the full announcement. Corporate stuff starts at 8, music starts at 10. Let people know about this, and I hope to see you there! - Ian A copy of this note will be at: http://www.cryptorights.org/benefit http://www.shmoo.com/rsa Celebrate with us as we celebrate the end of an era The Big RSA Patent Expiration Composite Party A fundraiser for the Cryptorights Foundation (http://www.cryptorights.org/) September 21, 2000 8PM-2AM produced by Cryptorights Foundation BPM Consulting International with special thanks to our Gold Sponsor Certicom also sponsored by VA Linux Electronic Frontier Foundation PAIP International The Shmoo Group The Secret Order of Former Primes The Great American Music Hall 859 O'Farrell St. (between Polk & Larkin) 21+ http://www.musichallsf.com/info/directions/ By invitation only. In order to receive your invitation, send an email with the # of people who plan to attend to <mailto:rsa-patent-benefit@cryptorights.org> Entrance is free, but the Cryptorights Foundation will be accepting donations at the door. The first few hours will feature short speeches and presentations from luminaries in the fields of cryptography and human rights. We will present awards to various individuals for technical and activist contributions. The tail end of the presentations will feature a "Wheel of Fortune" with by your friendly hosts, John Gilmore and Cindy Cohn from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Solve the puzzle (donation suggested) or buy one vowel and benefit human rights! Finally, at 10:00PM, the beats will drop and your evening will end with the slamming techno sounds of the San Francisco underground! Featuring Sameer (FnF, Cloudfactory, Urban Wasteland, Mad Hatter, trustcrew) Sameer has been active in the San Francisco underground throwing parties since 1993. In 1999 with some of the crew he met through Friends & Family he started throwing the legendary Urban Wasteland parties in urban renegade locations in and around the East Bay. He also picked up his first slab of wax in early 1999 and has been playing sick pounding techno at parties around the world since then. He is also involved in producing a weekly club in Oakland called the Mad Hatter. Sameer is also known as the founder of C2Net, the company that pioneered the international development of strong cryptography to avoid United States export restrictions. DJ Tektrix (Sister, Tetractys, Influence Recordings) Cary, a/k/a DJ Tektrix, moved to San Francisco in 1997. Since then Tektrix has played alongside DJs such as Forest Green, Twerk, Terrac, Plateshifter, Mike Sims, Darin Marshall, Sean Murray, J-Bird, Tom L-G, 2x4 with DJ Zeel, Sifu, HoneyB, and Ethan. In 1999 she threw a party called Circle that took place at the Mother's Cookies Warehouse, conducted weekly live internet and pirate radio broadcasts on Vulcan Free Radio, and this year became a resident at Tetractys and Sister. She has played at parties such as Static, Circle, Overworld, and Topica. Forest Green (Cloudfactory, Sister, XLR8R, technologix, FnF) Forest Green has been throwing down beats with the sickness for several years. She has traveled both across the nation and into Canada to bring the sick Techno sound to those in need. you might also know her as one of the starring DJs from the hit underground movie Groove!