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Interview with DMCA-challenger

Posted by michael on from the next-contestant dept.

BrianWCarver writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interview with Ben Edelman, the Harvard law student and internet researcher who is bringing suit against the DMCA with the ACLU. Slashdot covered the announcement of this legal challenge. To refresh your memory, Edelman wants to be able to research the lists of sites blocked by internet filtering software, and to be able to publish his research. He's no lawyer yet, but he responds quite well to several objections to the case."

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  1. DMCA! by Rhombus · · Score: 5, Funny
    (to the tune of Y-M-C-A)

    Young man, you've been writing some code, I said,
    Young man, think it ought to be showed, I said,
    Young man, but what you shoulda knowed, is some
    Things... must... be... left... un-said

    Young man, there's a law that's been passed, I said,
    Young man, we hoped it wouldn't last, but now,
    Young man, if you break it, your ass will be
    Hauled... a-way... to... Club Fed

    We cannot stay with the DMCA
    Get hauled away with the DMCA

    You cannot circumvent
    Any music or book
    Can't even let your kid take a look

    That's why we're flamin' the DMCA
    Our guy was framed on the DMCA
    The Man gives us rules
    That we've got to obey
    But encryption just gets in the waaaaaay...

    Young man, there's no need to feel down, I said,
    Young man, hide yourself underground, I said,
    Young man, 'cause the Feds are in town, you know,
    There's no place you can hide,
    Young man, there's no place you can go, I said,
    Young man, when they don't like your code, if you
    Stay here, I am sure you will find
    That you haven't got no more time.

    (chorus)

    You sir, I hope you understand, we're im-
    Pa-tient, hope the Feds free our man, but no-
    Bo-dy... can resist our demand, we'll shout
    Til... they... free... D-mi-try

    Dima's... fate lies in our own hands, so please
    Help us... make them meet our demands, so call
    D.C., make them send this young man, back to
    His... own... home... and... fam'ly

    (chorus)

    --
    Mad props to: Jonathan Watterson
    jonathanjo@mindspring.com
  2. Website filter lists by SpatchMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who wants to bet that chronicle.com is going to be added very very soon ..?

  3. You mean, your superficial understand of the law?? by JohnDenver · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only lawyers can truely understand the law. You lesser life forms only have a superficial understanding and marginal charisma to argue your position.

    While you're being stupid, why don't you lecture us on how not all black people like rap, or you don't have to be an auto mechanic to have in-depth knowledge on auto repair! Stop! You're blinding me with insight! Ahh!!!

    --
    "Communism is like having one [local] phone company " - Lenny Bruce
  4. Excellent. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least he is doing something good before he becomes consumed by the love of money.

  5. Re:You mean, your superficial understand of the la by liquidsin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your biting edginess amuses me! Here goes my karma...I agree with you. But you forget, the parent poster here is a slashdot reader. To him, everything is perfectly understandable. He understands the subtleties of law and how to effectively debate them. He understands physics, cryptography, biology, auto mechanics, needlepoint, basket weaving, and calculus. Everyone here is an expert on all things. On the flip side of this, non-geeks know nothing. How could a politician ever understand technology? Laws are so horrible because politicians "just don't get it". Nobody really understands anything, except the slashdot reader. So, yeah, I agree with you entirely, but you're just gonna get modded to oblivion...like me.

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    do not read this line twice.
  6. Re:The real users of filtering? by sckeener · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought the biggest users of filters were clueless parents who heard some horror story of the internet, bought a filter and installed it just so they could be 'hands-off' parents. Parents don't want the responsibilly of monitoring the net usage of their kid.

    You forgot the part about clueless parents telling their kids to install the software.

    Older Brother: What password should we use?
    Younger Brother: Fr33P0rn

    --
    "Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain
  7. Just as well about Scunthorpe then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Because it's a dump anyway.

  8. New acronym by jim3e8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    He has a one-up on the rest of us because he can preface any legal uncertainty on /. with IAAAL.