[Barbara has been one of the most steadfast opponents of the DMCA and its progeny, and has (until recently) sometimes been a lonely voice. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03402.html --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:40:01 -0700 Subject: Re: FC: IEEE says authors must certify papers to be DMCA-violation-free From: Barbara Simons <simonsat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020414102340.0227c890at_private> Declan, I hope you will point out to your readers that ACM has taken a very different approach to the DMCA. The U.S. Public Policy Committee of ACM (USACM) http://www.acm.org/usacm/ has opposed the anti-circumvention and anti-dissemination provisions of the DMCA since prior to its passage. ACM even took the unusual step of submitting a declaration in support of Prof. Ed Felten and his colleagues in their legal efforts to oppose the DMCA. The declaration, which I think is quite readable, and a link to an FAQ I wrote explaining why ACM submitted the declaration can be found at http://www.acm.org/usacm/copyright/felten_declaration.html. Efforts to suppress research in vulnerabilities of copy protection systems do a disservice to potential customers for those systems, threaten academic freedom, undermine the First Amendment, and endanger the security of our information infrastructure. Regards, Barbara Simons, Past-President, ACM and co-chair USACM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign this pro-therapeutic cloning petition: http://www.franklinsociety.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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