[50991] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dave Farber comments on Re: Major Labels v. Backbones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (senthil ayyasamy)
Sat Aug 17 06:35:27 2002
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 03:34:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: senthil ayyasamy <mplsgeek@yahoo.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.40.0208170009310.16625-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> "David Farber, a University of Pennsylvania
> computer scientist and an
> early architect of the Internet, filed an
> affidavit in the case, saying
> it would be relatively easy for the Internet
> companies to block the
> Internet address of the Web site without
> disrupting other traffic.
Dave farber's explanation in his IP list regarding
the affidavit.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 5:23 AM
> To: ip
> Subject: IP: Record Labels Want 4 Internet Providers
toBlock
> Music Site
>
>
> Since I provided an affidavit to this filing, I
thought a bit
> of explanation
> might be illuminating.
>
> I have long resisted and will continue to resist the
attempts of
> organizations to block access to the net in an
attempt to restrict the
> freedom of speech and the fair use of information on
the internet.
>
> I am strongly opposed to any attempt to control the
fair use access to
> music, text, pubs etc. This does not seem to the
issue in this case.
>
> This case was interesting for several reasons to me.
First
> the site is an
> egregious example of a site that exists only to
hold
> copyrighted music and
> offers a unreachable contact address and false
advertisements
> in an attempt
> to look proper. Second, the aim of the case is the
backbone
> suppliers not
> the local ISPs.
>
> I have always felt that the law we have on the books
should
> be followed
> until the law is changed by the congress or the
courts unless
> there is a
> much much higher ethical imperative that holds.
>
> This case seemed to be to be a good case to test
the issues
> raised by DMCA
> ( a law I believe was fatally flawed in concept and
should be
> repealed)
> part dealing with copyrighted material on off-shore
sites.
>
> I will be happy to send any Iper the affidavit on
request.
> The affidavit
> addressed a set of technical issues and did so in a
very
> limited context.
>
> Dave
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