[Commons-Law] Advisory: NYFU to Oppose Imposition of Rootkits in Hardware Under the DMCA
Via: Seth Johnson
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Seth Johnson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (212) 543-4266
seth@nyfairuse.org
New Yorkers for Fair Use to Oppose Global Imposition of Rootkits
in Hardware Under the DMCA
What: This Friday, March 31, 2006, Jay Sulzberger, working
member of New Yorkers for Fair Use, will testify in
opposition to the use of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) to protect rootkits, spyware, and other
malicious methods for taking control away from owners of
personal computers. He will speak in support of computer
owners' right to operate without such invasions of their
private property as the Sony/BMG rootkit and worse
measures that would abuse the DMCA and exploit cloaking
and encryption functions provided by specialized hardware
components such as the "Trusted Computing" Group's
TCPA/TPM.
Mr. Sulzberger will occupy a seat on the same panel with
Professor Ed Felten and will support his call for
computer owners to be enabled to defend their machines
from malware by exempting from the DMCA activities
undertaken to identify, analyze, and remove malware.
When: Friday, March 31, 2006
9:30 - 11:30 am
Where: Library of Congress
James Madison Building
Mumford Room, LM-649
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC
Links: Copyright Office Anticircumvention Rulemaking Hearings:
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2006/
On Treacherous Computing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing
On the Sony BMG Rootkit:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG
NYFU Testimony at the 2003 Anticircumvention Hearings:
http://www.nyfairuse.org/audio/cro.dmca/track4.ogg
(Audio Player: http://www.nyfairuse.org/oggplayer/)
Who: New Yorkers for Fair Use is a non-profit advocacy
organization that defends traditional copyright, the
right of private ownership of computers and the rights of
free speech and free association, in the context of an
age of ubiquitous computing and connectivity. We defend
the interests of all citizens who benefit from flexible
and innovative use of digital technology, the
communications infrastructure, and published information.
_______________________________________________
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Seth Johnson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (212) 543-4266
seth@nyfairuse.org
New Yorkers for Fair Use to Oppose Global Imposition of Rootkits
in Hardware Under the DMCA
What: This Friday, March 31, 2006, Jay Sulzberger, working
member of New Yorkers for Fair Use, will testify in
opposition to the use of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) to protect rootkits, spyware, and other
malicious methods for taking control away from owners of
personal computers. He will speak in support of computer
owners' right to operate without such invasions of their
private property as the Sony/BMG rootkit and worse
measures that would abuse the DMCA and exploit cloaking
and encryption functions provided by specialized hardware
components such as the "Trusted Computing" Group's
TCPA/TPM.
Mr. Sulzberger will occupy a seat on the same panel with
Professor Ed Felten and will support his call for
computer owners to be enabled to defend their machines
from malware by exempting from the DMCA activities
undertaken to identify, analyze, and remove malware.
When: Friday, March 31, 2006
9:30 - 11:30 am
Where: Library of Congress
James Madison Building
Mumford Room, LM-649
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC
Links: Copyright Office Anticircumvention Rulemaking Hearings:
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2006/
On Treacherous Computing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing
On the Sony BMG Rootkit:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG
NYFU Testimony at the 2003 Anticircumvention Hearings:
http://www.nyfairuse.org/audio/cro.dmca/track4.ogg
(Audio Player: http://www.nyfairuse.org/oggplayer/)
Who: New Yorkers for Fair Use is a non-profit advocacy
organization that defends traditional copyright, the
right of private ownership of computers and the rights of
free speech and free association, in the context of an
age of ubiquitous computing and connectivity. We defend
the interests of all citizens who benefit from flexible
and innovative use of digital technology, the
communications infrastructure, and published information.
_______________________________________________
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