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FC: Sega tries to censor hacker discussions of Dreamcast

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 13:28:35 -0400 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Sega tries to censor hacker discussions of Dreamcast system Send reply to: declan@well.com

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Sega wants to silence advice on hacker sites By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com October 4, 2000, 1:30 p.m. PT

Citing piracy concerns, Sega of America is seeking to shut down a handful of Web sites and message boards that discuss its Dreamcast game system, leading one publication to fight back with charges of censorship.

Sega has launched a campaign of cease-and-desist letters against a list of Web sites that provide news about pirated Dreamcast games, including release information, reviews, credits and some instructions. Although most of these sites are shutting down rather than facing the giant, at least one news site is fighting back, saying that the copyright holders have gone too far.

Jennifer Granick, the attorney representing Web site Isonews, says Sega has stepped over the line in asking her client to kill a message board devoted to the Dreamcast player. The request, she says, could put new limits on what kind of speech is deemed legal inside a bulletin board-style forum service.

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