"Freedom Downtime" [was: Kevin Mitnick speaking at Marlboro Softpro tonight... (fwd)]

[Scott Garman]

On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 08:12, Travis Roy wrote:
> Okay, here's my little 2600 rant :)
> 
> 2600 used to be a good magazine, but now all they are is a political
> front that is a bit to extreme for me. The magazine and the radio show
> they have used to be all about hacking, messing around with stuff, and
> just general fun with computer and electronics. Now it's always the same
> crap on how to get by some stupid censorware at school, the DMCA and how
> companies are evil.
> 
> I'm not saying what they're talking about isn't true, but I buy 2600 to
> learn stuff, not to listen to listen to all their propaganda.

Unfortunately, with the way some of these laws like the DMCA and others
are coming out, reverse engineering, exploring security, and other
activities the magazine writes about are essentially becoming illegal.
If that succeeds, 2600 won't be able to publish anything at all. 

My impression with the magazine is that it's largely read by teenagers
with an interest in security and freedom of information. I think it's a
good thing to encourage social awareness and activism on these issues
with young people. 

> And as far as Freedom Downtime.. Can anybody please tell me why this
> hasn't been released on DVD. 

It would seem pretty ironic to me if they released it on DVD,
considering they lost a lawsuit for posting the DeCSS source code on
their web site. 

I'm waiting for Freedom Downtime to pop up in mpeg or video cd format on
a p2p network or newsgroup (the copyright on the move allows for
unrestricted redistribution). I hear it's already starting to. If anyone
has a copy of it in this form, please let me know where I can get it. 

Regards,

Scott

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Scott A. Garman                         Unix System Administrator
sgarman at einstein.unh.edu                UNH Nuclear Physics Group