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BayFF Kicks Off With DVD Trial Rally

Posted by emmett on from the be-there-or-be-square dept.

Katina Bishop from the EFF sent me a link to a press release about an EFF event on Monday, and she asked me to ask Slashdotters to show up and show their support. The event is the kickoff of BayFF, and John Perry Barlow and Pam Samuelson will be speaking about EFF legislation and the upcoming DVD trial. For anyone following the DVD CCA battle, this will be a good event to attend. Here's the link to the press release which contains more info, contact information and directions. Stuff like this makes me wish I lived in the valley.

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  1. Geography by Signal+11 · · Score: 3

    I would have rather hoped the EFF would have organized an event to take advantage of the more global nature of the internet. Surely they, of all people, realize that an unfavorable DVD ruling would have implications for the entire country. Even more, this has a direct impact on the internet, making it global. Why did they decide on having only one place to go to? Personally, I would rather have something ala 2600 where people stage rally's in dozens of major cities across the US. It would be much more publicized and convey the more global nature of this controversy.

  2. New York July 17 by Billy+Donahue · · Score: 5

    NYLUG and other hackers in town for H2K
    will be protesting at the Federal Court
    at the opening of the MPAA vs. 2600 trial
    on July 17... Be there or be square!
    We should be getting a press release into
    circulation (hopefully Slashdot?) next week,
    but this is an early heads-up for those
    of you who aren't on the West Coast for this
    one here...

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  3. Notable Event by dorzak · · Score: 2
    This event is notable for a couple of reasons.

    1. It is occuring relatively close to the heart of Silicon Valley. This will help send a message to the valley. Now, could we get one scheduled in Hollywood? Hopefully with a few actors/directors to join in. Where are the usual "champions" of freedom from Hollywood? Rob Reiner, Spike Lee, etc.

    2. It is taking place on the Berkeley campus. Many of the people who are running things in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, have roots in or looked up to the protest movement in Berkeley.

    3. I don't normally agree with Berserkly. A lot of their "issue" coverage is non-issues, or blown out of proportion.

    Man, I can't believe I actually agree with something Berkeley is doing.

  4. Re:Money IS EVIL - Open Sores r007z by CIHMaster · · Score: 3

    Yes capitalism started this country. Now it's taken it over.

    <RANT> Your rights to do ANYTHING these days are considered SECONDARY to business. Now tell me if you can remain patriotic much longer when it's possible to be silenced just so a company won't lose sales on a dangerous product.

  5. Re:makes 'em easier to arrest by dorzak · · Score: 3
    The only people who would fight an IP law are people who want to pirate things. Sorry, it's the truth.

    Actually CSS does not prevent the disk from being copied, it only prevents it from being played on some computers, and in some regions of the world. This is a global economy.

    If somebody did a tape that could only be played on sony cassette players, or cassette players being licensed by Sony, how would you feel? Especially if your tape player was an Emerson or other brand, that didn't pay the fee. Even more appro, what if your stereo system was a custom system designed to get the highest fidelity possible.

  6. Re:makes 'em easier to arrest by sqlrob · · Score: 2

    WRONG!

    Many IP laws are (IMHO) unreasonable or being enforced unreasonably (e.g. DeCSS). As such they should be fought. I don't pirate nor do I have a desire to.

  7. Re:Does anyone... by 11223 · · Score: 2
    Aah, but the politicians and the media won't attend an "on-line event" - this isn't for our own benifit, but for the benifit of others who wouldn't find out on the internet.

    This event isn't for ourselves - that'd be preaching to the choir. Rather, it's to try to get attention from the outside world, because they're the people who would go to a meatspace event like this.

  8. Re:makes 'em easier to arrest by lalas · · Score: 2
    The only people who would fight an IP law are people who want to pirate things. Sorry, it's the truth.

    hmmm... I don't see a whole lot of truth in your statement. I don't want to pirate anything. I want to fight an unfair IP law. Whether you realize it or not, these laws grant new powers to big business and special interests at the expense of personal freedom. At what point in our history did our government start protecting business from the people instead of protecting the people?

  9. Barlow by meriodaci · · Score: 2

    I met Barlow at a conference on Digital music at Harvard. He is truly a revolutionary fellow, a free thinker. Plus it is cool that he used to write lyrics for the Greatful Dead ;) Check out his website: http://www.eff.org/~barlow/barlow.html

  10. Speaking of which... by gwalla · · Score: 2
    if things are to change, we must put our mugs on the nightly news.

    Why has nobody sent this in to the events calendar at the San Francisco Chronicle? If I'd known about it earlier, I would have gotten it to one of the editorial assistants in charge of listings. Too late now...this weekend's listings have already been sent to the print shops.

    Please, if anybody is having interesting seminars, give the major papers in the area a heads-up at least a week ahead of time. It's free promotion!


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