[ Thanks to Bryan
Taylor for this announcement ]
Openlaw is an online forum sponsored by Harvard’s Berkman Center
for Internet & Society. The concept of Openlaw is to use open
development methods to craft legal argument. We have recently filed
an amicus brief in the NY DVD case with the blessing of Martin
Garbus, attorney for 2600. The following was issued to announce
this:
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Thanks to the tremendous effort of a number of Openlaw
participants, we have filed a proposed amicus brief with Judge
Kaplan in Universal v. Reimerdes. (The “friend of the court” brief
is a chance for non-parties with interests in the case to present
arguments.)
We filed to oppose the plaintiff movie studios’ motion to
enjoin 2600 from linking to DeCSS code from its web pages. We argue
that links are key to Web communication, so an injunction would be
a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. We also
argue that there are no “contributory violations” of the DMCA, and
that because DeCSS is legitimate reverse engineering, the original
injunction should be vacated.
The brief is online at http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/amicus.html
Thanks again to all who have helped develop the arguments and write
the brief!
–Wendy
Wendy Seltzer — wendy@seltzer.com
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Openlaw/DVD: http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/