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Sklyarov, Bunner (DVD CCA) Hearings Thursday

Posted by timothy on from the bring-popcorn-double-header dept.

Seth Schoen writes: "On Thursday, in San Jose, CA, free speech supporters can enjoy a double-header in Federal and State courts. At 9:30 in the morning, Dmitry Sklyarov is expected to be arraigned before a U.S. Magistrate Judge, and there will be a preliminary hearing in U.S. v. Sklyarov. sf.freesklyarov.org has details on the time and location. Thursday afternoon, about a mile away, a California appellate court will hear arguments in DVD Copy Control Assn. v. Andrew Bunner -- Bunner has appealed the trial court's preliminary injunction against him. He's asked the appellate court to overturn the injunction, which forbids him to post DeCSS code pending a trial. (This is the "California trade secret" DVD/DeCSS case, separate from the New York DMCA case.)" Update: 08/21 09:27 PM EDT by michael : According to the EFF, the Sklyarov hearing has been postponed until next week.

"Sklyarov is represented by Joseph Burton; Bunner is represented by the First Amendment Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF Sklyarov/Bunner media release has time and location information for this hearing, too. Both hearings will be open to the public; please dress nicely if you attend. You can probably attend both, because the Sklyarov hearing should be over before the Bunner hearing starts. The Federal court (N.Dist.Cal.), for the Sklyarov case, is on the 5th floor, 280 South 1st Street; the State appellate court (6th App. Dist. Ct.), for the DVD CCA case, is at 333 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 1060."

Interestingly enough, the Washington Post ran an editorial knocking (if not actually blasting) the DMCA, with Sklyarov the example of what's wrong with the thing. Jerry Pournelle's column in Byte takes a slightly different tack, but raises the same troubling questions. (Thanks to fredistheking and SgtChairebourne for the links.)

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  1. Here it comes, Dmitry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    bend the fuck over, comrade.

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  2. other news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In other news this Tuesday afternoon, DMCA supporters from the community Slashdot lost access to their servers more than twice today. Led by a man known only by the nickname CmdrTaco, the Slashdot community is one which seeks freedom in software. Their internet base site slashdot.org was offline for two times today, each lasting for several hours. Said one anonymous user: "This sucks ass." Others say "Slash 2.2 sucks." CmdrTaco has yet to address the community on the events of today's mishaps.

  3. Re:Jailed Under a Bad Law by Anomymous+Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are some good portions of the DMCA, it's just that you never hear of them.

    For instance, the DMCA CAN REINFORCE THE GPL, if a case involving violation of the GPL ever went to court. It's not all a bad law, it's just used in a bad way.

  4. Free Him! by egg+troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    I insist that James Brown be freed at once! His imprisonment under the DMCA is illegal and misguided! FREE THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY!!

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    C - A language that combines the speed of assembly with the ease of use of assembly.
  5. Re:Good links re DCMA, but ... by Anomymous+Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Reuters had some feeds... posted on in yahoo's news section ...

  6. Send Him Down, m'lud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Look, kids, it's quiet straightforward that if you break the law you are a criminal and therefore you should go to jail. Nevermind whether or not you are a hacker and think you are above the law.

    I've said it before and I'll say it again - people's livelyhoods depend on the products they create, so when Hax0r X comes along and defeats it, so people get the product for free, it puts them out of business.

    Send him to jail and send a strong message out, that's what I say. Jail the commy.

    And to all of you NERDS who think it's perfectly fine - how about I come along and render your job redundant by offering what you do for free? Would that be okay with you? Get real.

  7. Re:Jailed Under a Bad Law by Anomymous+Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But when fucking John Cleese comes out and says American comedy is better [yahoo.com], well I guess its time to reevaluate my position. I guess we really are superior to you Brits in every way.

    Well, there were some other things in that story ... including specific examples ... perhaps you should read it again?

  8. Re:Welcome to CorporateAmerica, your licenses plea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I heard that the reason why Dmitry's wife didn't accept the offer was because Dmitry's already found himself a nice new husband in jail. Congratulations, Tyrone and Dmitry!

  9. Re:Fantastic new encryption algorithm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd like to know what Ralph Jewhater Nader has to say about all of this.