Ok, so this week, I set up a wiki.
It was 1999, somewhere around there,
when
I
was at
the
2600 site, getting more info on freeing Kevin. Well, I saw
the information on DeCSS and got involved.
It was easy at first. Not a lot of
DMCA
cases.
I could keep track of all the new ones. That is until
about 2001. Then, it got really strange. It was around
this time that I called Berkman center about the GAIM
case, and spoke with Wendy Seltzer about her new project,
Chilling Effects.
Chilling does an excellent job, and so
does
the
EFF.
However, I thought that a contributatory system of DMCA
information was in need.
I needed help back then. I couldn't
track,
list,
link,
comment and post on all the upcoming DMCA information.
On the 20th of July (about a week and
half
ago), I gave a presentation at The
Last
Hope. Presentation found here:
http://www.tim.netblues.org/index.php?
option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&Itemid=10&677e12c07f99a
353eb0968c0e8b0df69=3dfdec78cc6ea4d588e09cff32d74596
ok, long link - Tim dot Netblues dot
org - then
click
downloads.
I think they were expecting my typical,
passionate "DOWN WITH THE DMCA" speech.
Instead they got boring information about
counternotifications and such.
I had to. Not many people are fighting the DMCA. This is
the way they can fight!
I thought about it, and realized, after 10 years, I lost
some hope. Lost some passion. Never did I lose interest. I
just lost the hope to fight. We made such small steps into
progress. After years of work, I felt like I was an
anonymous bug caught in the windshield of the DMCA. What
could I
do?
What I realized when I was doing my
research
was that there is so much information and it's not found
in one place.
The sites that list all the cases are
not
as
easy
to
access as I would like. I think a WIKI would serve as a
good knowledgebase.
Another thing I realized at the
conference
is
that
I
am
never going to get this book out until I get myself
organized. I know I was supposed to get my outline and
draft to RMS this month and I'm way behind.
There's so much info. I just need to
organize
it.
I'm
hoping to get some community help and reviews. If I can
get people to contribute to the wiki, that would rock. I
wouldn't have to spend hours in a day posting new info.
Sometimes I miss cases!
Then, maybe I can concentrate on the
book.
Also, if I can get some donations, maybe I can finalize
the DMCA documentary or at least post some stuff to
netblues or Youtube or something!
I have some awesome video - albeit
less
than
amateur:
RMS
Lessig
Dmitry Sklyarov Rally and Speech
Protesters with Don Marti in San Fran
Interview with Bennett Haselton - Peacefire
I seriously need to get this stuff
done
and
can't
do
it
alone.
I'm hoping the wiki and the community
will
drive
this
single source for information about the DMCA!
Yeah, I'm back. Finally, something I
can
contribute in the fight against the DMCA!