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Seth Johnson |
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[DMCA-Activists] Fwd: pho: Digital Imprimatur? |
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Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:44:23 -0400 |
(Forwarded from Pho list. The linked text is highly worth the read. -
- Seth)
-----Original Message-----
From: "James S. Tyre" <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:38:17 -0700
Subject: pho: Digital Imprimatur?
Lee Tien, an EFF staff attorney, has been sending the note below
around to various lists. I don't think reference to the piece has
made its way to Pho yet, so here 'tis. Well worth the read.
>Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:02:54 -0700
>Reply-To: Law & Policy of Computer Communications
<address@hidden>
>From: Lee Tien <address@hidden>
>To: address@hidden
>
>Folks, this piece is highly recommended. It is not short, but it is
>as short a summary you can get of a big topic.
>
>John Walker, who co-founded Autodesk and then retired to Switzerland
>to pursue his own researches, has written up why he's no longer
>optimistic about the openness of the Internet. He sees the enclosure
>technologies and mechanisms all being developed and deployed.
>
> "How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in
> the bottle."
> http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/
>
>This piece doesn't say anything new to the digerati, but it puts it
>together in a very clear and I think chilling way. As one who works
>in the trenches, so to speak, sometimes it's hard to frame the
>battles for the wider audience.
>I wish I'd written it for EFF, but maybe the critique will be more
>persuasive coming from someone else.
>
>Lee
>(I apologize for posting to several lists, but I really do think it's
>a must-read.)
>
>
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