[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: Re: [snow-news] Diebold Cease and desist order resisted

[sheri at speakeasy.org]

yeah.
the global site has a feature up.
i also have a cluster of links that we all culled to make that feature happen.  
now we'll see what happens from here.
i mean isn't information supposed to be free?
diebold is using a loophole to protect themselves from their own incriminating evidence.  
shoudl be a supreme court case that changes copyright law and places our first amendment rights above copyright.  in a recent case that eff took on that is related, the california supreme court ruled in favor of copyright protection over 1st amendment.  they are hoping that this current case can really push the boundaries of existing bad law and set some powerful new case precedent.  it's not just about mirroring this information everywhere, it's about how we got into this situation inthe first place.
anhyoo :)))
yeah for features/series on these kinds of issues....
we also have a local angle on this - with bev harris and king county elections.
mike mccormick has alot of information on this.
xo
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  anarch3m [mailto:anarch3m at lycos.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 07:23 PM
> To: 'editorial seaimc'
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] 	Fwd: Re: [snow-news] Diebold Cease and desist order resisted
> 
> Feature time!!!DIebold, DMCA, Cable, INFO FREEDOM!!!--
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> --------- Forwarded Message ---------
> DATE: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:14:32
> From: Spencer Sundell <spencer at serv.net>
> To: snow-news at lists.riseup.net
> Cc: 
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> 
> Latest update, posted at why-war.com just today. Full article at http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html  (Which also includes links to alternate download locations that, so far at least, are accessible...get 'em while you can!)
> 
> I tell ya, this whole thing is enough to make ya want to burn a thousand CDRs of the Diebold list archive and hand it out on street corners...while wearing a mask I suppose, lest the DMCA Squad hunt you down and kill your dog or something...
> 
> [begin quoted article, dated Oct. 22]
> 
> Campaign Update
> 
> Day Two:  Today Why War? and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons held a public meeting with Dean Bob Gross of Swarthmore College. Overnight, word had spread of this action and Gross had received over 250 emails of support from individuals throughout the world including ?tech celebrities? and Swarthmore alumni.
> 
> Swarthmore College, unfortunately, is not willing to take a strong stand against Diebold, and is systematically disabling the network access of any student who hosts the files. ?We can?t get out in front in this fight against Diebold,? Gross said during the meeting with over fifty students, staff, and faculty. Although Why War? accepts this position as final, we had hoped that an institution once praised for allegiance to the pursuit of truth would have taken a more forceful stance. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the college would be under no liability after informing a student that s/he should not be hosting the file. Yet Swarthmore is choosing to act counter to the spirit of both its traditions and rules, the latter of which requires that students be given three days to take down work challenged as an infringement of copyright. [...snip...]
> 
> After consultation with SCDC, the two groups have decided to pursue different courses of action. Although the two groups are no longer working together, we are confident that the actions of both groups will independently result in continued access to Diebold?s memos. SCDC has decided to comply with any cease and desist requests and subsequently take legal action against Diebold. Why War?, on the other hand, will continue to provide access to the memos by listing mirrors provided by individuals worldwide.
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> [...remaining text snipped for brevity...]
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> 
> At 08:28 AM 10/22/03, quaker_lawyer at comcast.net wrote:
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> Diebold Targeted With Electronic Civil Disobedience
> For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
> 
> DIEBOLD TARGETED WITH ELECTRONIC CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
> 
> Swarthmore, Pa. -- Defending the right of a fair, democratic election,
> Why War?
> and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons (SCDC) announced
> today that
> they are rejecting Diebold Elections Systems' cease and desist orders
> and are
> initiating an electronic civil disobedience campaign that will ensure
> permanent
> public access to the controversial leaked memos.
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>      - Califone
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> "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, 
> since it is the merger of state and corporate power." 
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