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[FYI] National Security and Individual Freedoms: How the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Threatens Both
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- Subject: [FYI] National Security and Individual Freedoms: How the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Threatens Both
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:14:58 +0200
http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/2001-05.html
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"In Germany, they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak
up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I
didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade
unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the homosexuals, and I didn't speak up because I
wasn't a homosexual. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't
speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, but by
that time there was no one left to speak up."
--- Martin Niemoller, Dachau, 1945
We must remain vigilant of similar 'creeping restrictions' in today's
Information Age -- the threat is not from a dictatorship, but clever
corporations and ignorant lawmakers and people. With deepest respect
to Holocaust victims and survivors reflected in Niemoller's original
quote, this following adaptation appropriately reflects the path our
information society is moving closer to reality...
"In America, they first came for the hackers, and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a hacker. Then they came for DeCSS, and I didn't
speak up because I didn't watch DVDs. Then they came for Napster and
MP3, and I didn't speak up because I didn't listen to MP3s. Then they
came for the cryptographers and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
cryptographer. Then they came for the researchers and the curious,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a researcher and didn't
question things. Then they came for me, but by that time there was no
one left to speak up." --- Richard Forno, Washington, DC 2001
National Security and Individual Freedoms: How the Digital Millenium
Copyright Act (DMCA) Threatens Both
Richard Forno rforno@infowarrior.org 18 July 2001
Article #2001-05 Copyright (c) 2001 Permission is granted to quote,
reprint or redistribute provided the text is not altered, and the
author and infowarrior.org is credited.
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