The politics of power - implications for my DMCA/censorware work
Continuing further about the implications of power and prominence, now connect the just-discussed idea of "that, for some Very Prominent People, the definition of "people" is different" with the following portion of a favorite article of mine:
"Wanted: Loveable hero for copyright battle"
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/news/0105/decss_2600.shtml
"As soon as the judge says 'hacker,' you know you've lost," University of Minnesota law Professor Dan Burk said. "There is an attempt to paint defendants as unsympathetic, low-priority, on the fringe--to make it seem like nobody respectable is going to be harmed except for weird hacker types."
That is, nobody who fits the definition of "people" in the above sense.
Just another small 'hacker'.
By Seth Finkelstein |
posted in activism
, politics
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on August 20, 2003 05:26 PM
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