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Fwd: [web-law] The Anti-DMCA Index (like Harper's) (fwd)

I thought this might be of some interest, given that it mentions Project
Gutenberg (see item #4)...

It also includes a few funny comments.

>Subject: [web-law] The Anti-DMCA Index (like Harper's)
>
>                 The Anti-DMCA Index
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>
>                   August 2001
>
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>The most recent version of this document can be found here:
>http://www.anti-dmca.org/dmca-index.html
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>
>
>1. Amount Cornell University Library pays for subscription to "Journal
>of Applied Polymer Science":  $12,495.00
>
>2. Amount charged to University Libraries for subscription to "Journal
>of Economic Studies":  $13.40/page
>
>3. Number of people who find the $13.40 per page ironic:  3 out of 4
>            
>4. Number of Project Gutenberg Etexts converted by voluteers: 3,551
>
>5. Current "Cost" per Etext based on 3,481 texts: $2.87 per text
>
>6. Number of Scientists worldwide boycotting Corporate Science
>Journals beginning September 2001: 26,000
>
>7. Number of college and research institutions "Declaring
>Independence" by publishing themselves: 200
>
>8. Number of days DMCA arrestee Dmitry Sklyarov spent in jail:  13
>
>9. Number of jails he spent them in:  4
>
>10. Amount charged to taxpayers for those 13 days:  $4,000
>
>11. Window of time Microsoft and the American Association of
>Publishers (AAP) can engage in their cooperative Internet surveillance
>program: 24 x 7 x 365
>
>12. Number of AAP members who apparently support the
>Internet surveillance program: 250
>
>13. Number of "companies" which control the DVD Copy
>Control Association (DVD CCA):  4
>
>14. Number of Executive Directors who appear to control the DVD
>Copy Control Association:  1
>
>15. Amount one company charges for eBook encryption security: $3,000
>
>16. Number of letters one must rotate the alphabet to decrypt that
>book: 13 (ROT-13)
>
>17. Amount recovered in recent "software raid" conducted by BSA.org
>against Minneapolis Company: $260,000
>
>18. Number of disgruntled employees who may report you to the BSA
>resulting in a "software raid.":  1
>
>19. Number of Irish software companies currently being sued by
>BSA.org:  7
>
>20. Companies BSA represents in those cases: Adobe,
>Autodesk, Macromedia, Microsoft and Symantec
>
>21. Number of cities included in July 2001 BSA "Truce" Campaign:  5
>
>22. Number of states which experienced Raids conducted by FBI on
>July 24 commended by BSA:  9
>
>23. Number of proported jobs lost from software piracy in
>study conducted by BSA.org:  109,000
>
>24. Amount an eBook customer may be fined for a backup not permited
>by the Publisher: $250,000
>
>25. Amount of time that customer might spend in jail:  5 years
>
>26. Number of restrictions placed on "Alice in Wonderland"
>(public domain) eBook:  5
>
>27. Maximum penalty for reading "Alice in Wonderland" aloud
>(text-to-speech conversion, possible DMCA violation):  5 years jail
>
>28. Maximum penalty for having a "pirate" copy of "Planet of the
>Apes": 10 years jail/$2M fine
>
>29. Average sentence for commiting Rape: 5 years
>
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>This index actually contains a scrambled (stenanographically hidden)
>version of Britney Spear's new single. However, we can't find the key
>so we're not quite sure it's there either.
>
>Harper's Interactive Index
>http://harpers.org/harpers-index/
>
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>Sources
>
>1. http://www.englib.cornell.edu/displays/stickershock/car.htm
>    http://www.math.berkeley.edu/~kirby/journals.html#App1
>2. http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~tedb/jppage.htm
>3. Quick and simple poll
>4. http://promo.net/pg/nl/0105.html
>5. http://promo.net/pg/nl/0105.html
>6. http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/
>
>http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=20017221919
>9
>7. http://www.arl.org/sparc/DI/
>    http://www.createchange.org/
>8. http://www.fresklyarov.org
>9. http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/08/10/12241.html
>10. Some multiplication
>11. http://www.microsoft.com/ebooks/das/antipiracy.asp
>12. http://www.microsoft.com/ebooks/das/antipiracy.asp
>13. http://www.lemuria.org/decss/hal2001.html
>14. http://www.lemuria.org/decss/hal2001.html
>15. http://www.download.ru/defcon.ppt
>16. http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/rot13/
>17. http://www.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases//2001-08-06.680.phtml
>18. http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2799089,00.html
>19.
>http://www.bsa.org/ireland/press/newsreleases//2001-08-02.682.phtml
>20.
>http://www.bsa.org/ireland/press/newsreleases//2001-08-02.682.phtml
>21. http://www.bsatruce.com/us/indexjuly2001.phtml
>22. http://new.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases//2001-07-25.678.phtml
>23. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp
>24. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp
>25. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/epub/faqs.asp
>26. http://www.pigdogs.org/art/adobe.html
>27.
>http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/dvd-discuss-faq.html#ss2.4.6
>28. http://www.politechbot.com/p-02293.html
>29.
>http://www.sharon-herald.com/localnews/recentnews/0005/ln050400h.html
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[Moderator: Note that this index, while it's written in a style similar
 to that of Harper's Index, is not in any way connected to Harper's Index,
 Harper's Magazine, or its writers, as far as I'm aware. "Harper's Index"
 is a registered trademark of Harper's Magazine.  Legal disclaimers are
 a registered peeve of some Book People readers.  (There, that should
 cover all the bases...) - JMO]