Good for you fighting the copyright facists. The DMCA is a peice of garbage that is being abused and misused. Copyright law is OUT OF CONTROL in this country and does little to stop actual pirating. It gernally is used to limit the right of otherwise legitimate uses of material. Fight the good fight because it's about time people started standing up to the facists.
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Here's sending you positive wishes Tom.
I really, really hope that they do sue you so you can challenge this part of the DMCA in court.
It's a no-brainer that your case is rock-solid, so this would really help start the ball rolling on invalidating this incredibly stifling and anti-American legislation.
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164. Tom 7 (user-1121r6a.dsl.mindspring.com) –
02 May 2002 00:59:15
[ Magnet Man ]
I think we're talking about different Magnet Men, but this guy sounds pretty awesome! |
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163. Tom 7 (user-1121r6a.dsl.mindspring.com) –
02 May 2002 00:58:29
[ Quake 3 Done! ]
Yes, Xaero is easy if you can trick him into killing himself a lot. But he is not so easy to take on in a straight firefight.
Anyway, I went and recorded demos of beating each level. I will post those some time once I verify them -- it was a lot easier with my new video card!
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Thanks for taking the time and effort do stand against corporate bullying that is so often manifest via the DMCA. If people don't stand up for their rights, then before long the corporations will control us all. |
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Tom,
Many thanks to you from another developer out in the community... Standing up for what's good and right will illuminate the evil known as DMCA and eventually cast it back where it came from...
- Greeny |
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Hi,
you're making a very clear explanation why Monotype's complaint is stupid, I won't add to it any more. However I wanted to say that this kind of behaviour just drives me mad. They basically consider that :
- Embed is a circumvention device without even thinking that it's maybe no more than a tool
- Embed users are pirates without even noticing that they could be legitimate users
Why aren't we suing kitchen knives manufacturers ? Cause it's obviously a weapon and people purchase it to commit murders. This analogy would make a lawyer smile, but does make (emphasized) sense for 99,99% of the other people.
I consider that these lawyers are 'presuming guilt', which is a grave and unlawful offense here in France. And surely is in many other countries. They basically express their fears, rants and threats to you without or with false arguments. And nobody should have to prove his/her honesty. I call this the discrete and polite way of (corporate) fascism.
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I'll gladly host a copy of embed on my site(s).
The shit you have to put up with in the US at the moment is ridiculous. It's unfortunate that it will probably filter through to the rest of the "allied" world.
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It is pretty easy to find out their contact information from their names. But I do think it's irresponsible for me to publish their details, so I don't plan on doing that. (Please don't take this as encouragement to contact them!)
Thanks for all the messages, everyone. =)
(now check out the rest of my site! ;) embed is like, nothing...) |
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Way to go Tom!
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Hi Tom,
Read the letters and they are utterly unbelievable. Your responses
on the other hand are cogent and in a legal sense (though IANAL)
seem indisputable. Thanks for fighting the good fight here - we all
benefit from this. <p>
What I think would be useful is if you could post the contact
details for a designated individual or office at Agfa Monotype
and/or the International Typeface Corporation, so that all of us
who have visited your page and been outraged by the behavior of
them/their attack lawyers can so inform them, in semi-unified
(and, I trust, courteous) fashion. <p>
After all these are businesses and their public officers have a
right to know that they are alienating their most dedicated
customers with these tactics. <p>
Sincerely,<br>
Derek
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Tom,
Don't take any shit from those overbearing, good for nothing fuckheads. Tell them and their lawyer goons to shove it up their ass's!
This is obviously another case of big corporations using the DMCA to bully the smaller guys... But this time they fucked with the wrong guy.
Please don't budge on your beliefs.
Sincerly,
tfb
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Look for $5 to you via PayPal as a token of appreciation. I like people who stand up to bullies. :-) |
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Most of the Mac studios I admin use AGFA fonts. Up until today I was under the impression they were an honorable company. You can be assured that the graphic design folks I work with will hear about this ugly matter. We will be thinking twice and looking for alternatives before even considering another purchase of fonts from AGFA.
Nobody likes a bully. |
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151. Anonymous (carry.bath.ac.uk) –
01 May 2002 19:56:21
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Someone on that slashdot thread pointed out that the hypocritical idiots at the dallasnews.com have an e-mail this to a friend link at the bottom of every article page! If that's not encouraging deep linking I don't know what is... be sure to point that out to their lawyers ;) |
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Frood:
WTG and good luck. I'm behind you 100%.
Always,
lapsan |
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149. Hock (cmu-29070.wv.cc.cmu.edu) –
01 May 2002 19:27:21
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Yes, we all know this A., but Tom can't make Monotype sue him.
And Tom has posted his letters to chillingeffects. |
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Tom -- please take this issue to court. You can beat them.
A precidence needs to be set that shows future Judges that the DMCA does not always apply. |
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147. Anonymous (eci-gw1.eldocomp.com) –
01 May 2002 19:11:00
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Please, please: Read the this comment on /. - if you end up going to court, it might make a difference - it may even help to stop the DMCA (I am not the author of the comment - I don't know who is)...
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=31982&cid=3446476 |
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Whether this is a DMCA "circumvention" or not is irrelevent. There's this nice legal concept in the US called Ex Post Facto. It is normally applied to criminal law, and means you can't be charged with a crime for an act that was not illegal when it was committed.
You could make a valid argument that the same thing applies here. If a judge were to decide it *was* a circumvention, you can argue that it was written for legitimate use, and was developed years before DMCA was passed. As long as there's been no substantial improvements or added capabilities since DMCA, you developed a perfectly legal tool, and have been distributing it legally for several years. You even have had a disclaimer for some time indicating the appropriate usage.
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145. chrisk@remove-this-spam-block.mit.edu (kuklewicz.mit.edu) –
01 May 2002 19:06:07
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You ought to get the cease & desist letter posted on
http://www.chillingeffects.org/
From their home page:
"In addition, we want your help. We will be gathering a searchable database of Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users like you. We invite you to input Cease and Desist letters that you've received into our database. We will respond by linking the legalese in the letters to FAQs that explain the allegations in plain English." |
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Congrats on the fight I know may places that are currently uploading your application to mirror it. BEAT THESE GUYS ! |
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Just like everyone else, wishing you luck...everyone who supports open software owes you beer for standing up to these jerks!
I'm not aware that I can actually purchase 'beer tokens' over the internet, but if I find out how I will send you some...
Good luck.
Andy |
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142. Dave Elliot (anonymous.org) –
01 May 2002 18:26:35
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Are AGFA Monotype on crack?
Do not let the man get you down.
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