[TriLUG] thanks, Red Hat!

[al johson]

And the really bad news about DMCA is that Wired Magazine reports that
Google has started removing many sites from it's database which just have
complaints against them. In response to the question: "It sounds as if you
assume that all allegations of infringement are valid.", Larry Page
responded: "No, not at all. But when we're notified of something, we have an
obligation to do the right thing. We need to be responsive to people's
rights." (This next question was even more interesting!!): "Could the DMCA
be abused by powerful interests hoping to silence critics or competitors?"
Page answered: "That has happened, but not much. ..."
Wired, Nov. 2002, p.138.
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Basically, according to Page, the reason Google has taken the position they
have, is that the DMCA protects them from liability. I'm too tired at the
moment to type more, but you should definitely read this article to see what
effect the DMCA is having on your web searches.
---Al  Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Chilcote" <scottchilcote at earthlink.net>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] thanks, Red Hat!


> Greg Brown wrote:
> > Way to fight the DMCA, Red Hat!
> >
> > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-158.html
> >
> > If you haven't read Slashdot this morning this is the Red Hat article
that's
> > causing such a stir with the DMCA.  Look at the bottom of the page under
> > References.
> >
> > Greg
>
> I was rather impressed by it.  According to the associated Register
> article (see the SlashDot story) the DMCA renders any details on the
> content of a security patch actionable by the government, since it
> spells out to hackers where the vulnerabilities are.
>
> The amount of such description being posted every day is huge.  Despite
> this travesty, I think this is a small fraction of the offront to
> freedom and good sense embodied by the DMCA.
>
> I hope similar efforts will continue, despite the lack of a sense of
> humor and the inflexibility our government has shown in recent months.
>
>
>                        Scott C.
>
>
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