[DMCA-Activists] 5/2/03: NY Fair Use at DMCA Exemptions Hearings

[Seth Johnson]

MEDIA ADVISORY            CONTACT:  Seth Johnson, NY Fair Use
                                    (212) 543-4265


WHAT:           Rally at U.S. Copyright Office's Rulemaking Hearing
                on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

WHEN:           8 to 10 AM, Friday May 2nd

WHO:            New Yorkers for Fair Use, a grassroots organization
                dedicated to preserving fundamental rights in a digital
                age.  http://www.nyfairuse.org

WHERE:          In front of 1333 H St NW, Washington DC

WHY:            If the DMCA is not overturned, in a matter of years
                governments and a few large companies will force spy
                machinery and remote control machinery into every home
                computer in the world.  The computer you have will not be
                yours any more.  The DMCA will also end free private,
                tribal, business and public use of the Internet.

                New Yorkers for Fair Use are here to tell the people how
                the DMCA threatens their right of private ownership of
                computers and free speech and assembly on the Net.  The 
                DMCA is the main legal underpinnings for a well-funded, 
                well-publicized, massive onslaught against private 
                ownership of computers, changing fundamentally how the 
                public can access and make use of information.

ADDITIONAL:     Jay Sulzberger of NY Fair Use will join a panel of public
                representatives testifying on exemptions to DMCA
                restrictions on circumvention of access controls.

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DRM is Theft!  We are the Stakeholders!

New Yorkers for Fair Use
http://www.nyfairuse.org

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