RE: [d@DCC] DMCA Paper final draft

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:44:29 -0500 (EST)

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Jeremy McNicoll wrote:

> I just read an interesting article about free speech from Ross Anderson
> of Cambridge university called "Free Speech Online and Offline"  .  Its
> from some required readings of mine, IEEE 2002, 0018-9162 (if anyone is
> interested).

  Google is your friend - things discussing online free speech are likely
candidates for being on the net ;-)


http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rja14/spectrum.html

    (The following article was commissioned by IEEE Spectrum, submitted to 
    them on the 6th March 2002, and was due to appear in the April 2002 
    issue.  However, their editors insisted on changing the text in ways
    that introduced material inaccuracies. For example, they insisted on
    crediting IBM with opposing export controls on intangibles, when at
    all material times IBM was the staunchest supporter among large IT
    companies of the crypto policy line taken by the US and UK
    governments. I refused to accept these edits and the IEEE canceled
    the article. It later appeared in IEEE Computing.) "



Side-note:  I wasn't surprised when I first read this note.  IBM seems to
get inappropriately credited for things, such as their support of Linux
suggestion a support of FLOSS.  The reality is that they actively opposed
FLOSS, with their strong support of RAND patenting in W3C standards.

  While IBM may support Linux, I put them into the category of opposing 
Free Software.  It is a huge organization, and you have to weigh in the 
fact that the right-hand is trying to cut off the left, but on-balance I 
don't see them as "on our side".

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