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Students Protest DMCA During Visit by Valenti

Posted by michael on from the just-do-it dept.

lsy writes "A group of University of Rochester students staged a protest during the university's Sesquicentennial weekend on the occasion of Jack Valenti's appearance to moderate a panel of Hollywood insiders. The students handed out pamphlets, wore DeCSS t-shirts donated by Copyleft, and demonstrated a DVD being played under linux. After the event, the group had a chance to speak with Valenti for over an hour. They've received some press from the Hollywood Insider [yahoo version], and the group's web site claims that it will have photographs online of the students with Valenti "soon"."

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  1. Keepa Da Soul Away From Valenti, Dammit! by resistant · · Score: 4

    [...] the group's web site claims that it will have photographs online of the students with Valenti "soon"."

    What the pictures won't include is the scenes afterwards with Valenti grinningly dragging a few screaming students all the way back with him to Hell.

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  2. Protesting by Doc+Hopper · · Score: 3
    It's really nice to see that we have people reacting to the DeCSS fiasco in a positive, intelligent way. For once, instead of posting anonymously to a Slashdot forum, people are takinga action.
    HOORAY!
    Now, if only the Your Rights Online section had the readership of the rest of Slashdot, an article like this might deserve a fair shake.

    Matt Barnson

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