On Friday 26 July 2002 01:07, you wrote: > Open Source Software advocate Bruce Perens plans to violate the DMCA on > stage at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego on Friday. While > he will be breaking the law, he probably wont be arrested because of his > high profile status. There would be a high likelihood that he would win > the court battle (after appeals) and thus set a precedent invalidating the > DMCA in the Supreme Court. > > Last year Russian programmer Dmitri Skylarov was arrested while visiting > America for writing software in Russia that is legal under Russian law. > Adobe took offense to his actions and had him arrested under the DMCA. He > was arrested mainly because those in power thought that the American public > wouldn't be outraged because he is a foreign Russian (lingering Cold War > anger) hacker (evil person who breaks into computers). > > Ironically, if Bruce Perens is NOT arrested after this announced DMCA > violation does this not clearly show that America is the land of selective > prosection based upon your economic and social status?
HERE, HERE! Totally agree with that! > http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/23/020723hnperens.xml > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau