Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Janina Sajka]

The following, somewhat edited, version of Sen. Hollings' (D. SC) proposed 
legislation comes from the Software Industry Association (SIA).

So, my friends and colleagues, is this good law or bad law? Whichever way 
you understand it, now is probably a good time to let your Congressionals 
know your opinions.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Scott Edwards <Sedwards@siia.net>

> Senator Hollings, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is
> considering introducing a bill entitled "the Security Systems Standards
> and Certification Act". A copy of what we believe to be the latest version
> of this bill is provided below (because of the complexity and/or length
> certain sections of the bill are merely summarized). 
> 
> Title I -- Security System Standards 
> Sec. 101: Prohibition of Certain Devices 
> (a) In General -- It is unlawful to manufacture, import, offer to the
> public, provide or otherwise traffic in any interactive digital device
> that does not include and utilize certified security technologies that
> adhere to the security system standards adopted under section 104. 
> (b) Exception -- Subsection (a) does not apply to the offer for sale or
> provision of, or other trafficking in, any previously-owned interactive
> digital device, if such device was legally manufactured or imported, and
> sold, prior to the effective date of regulations adopted under section 104
> and not subsequently modified in violation of subsection (a) or 103(a). 
> Sec. 102: Preservation of the Integrity of Security 
> An interactive computer service shall store and transmit with integrity
> any security measure associated with certified security technologies that
> is used in connection with copyrighted material or other protected content
> such service transmits or stores. 
> Sec. 103: Prohibited Acts 
> (a) Removal or Alteration of Security -- No person may -- 
> 	(1) remove or alter any certified security technology in an
> interactive digital device; or 
> 	(2) transmit or make available to the public any copyrighted
> material or other protected content where the security measure associated
> with a certified security technology has been removed or altered. 
> Sec. 104: Adoption of Security System Standards 
> [Summary: The private sector has 12 months to agree on a standard, or the
> Secretary of Commerce will step in. Industry groups that can participate:
> "representatives of interactive digital device manufacturers and
> representatives of copyright owners." If industry can agree, the secretary
> will turn their standard into a regulation; if not, normal government
> processes apply and NTIA takes the lead. The standard can be later
> modified. The secretary must certify technologies that adhere to those
> standards. Also: "The secretary shall certify only those conforming
> technologies that are available for licensing on reasonable and
> nondiscriminatory terms." FACA, a federal sunshine law, does not apply,
> and an antitrust exemption is included.] 
> Sec. 108: Enforcement 
> The provisions of section 1203 and 1204 of title 17, United States Code,
> shall apply to any violation of this title as if -- 
> (1) a violation of section 101 or 103(a)(1) of this Act were a violation
> of section 1201 of title 17, United States Code; and 
> (2) a violation of section 102 or section 103(a)(2) of this Act were a
> violation of section 1202 of that title. 
> Sec. 109. Definitions 
> In this title: 
> (1) Certified security technology -- The term "certified security
> technology" means a security technology certified by the Secretary of
> Commerce under section 105. 
> (2) Interactive computer service -- The term "interactive computer
> service" has the meaning given that term in section 230(f) of the
> Communications Act of 1984 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)). 
> [Note: According to 47 U.S.C. 230(f)
> <http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/230.html>, an "interactive computer
> service" means "any information service, system, or access software
> provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a
> computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides
> access to the Internet and such systems operated or services offered by
> libraries or educational institutions."] 
> (3) Interactive digital device -- The term "interactive digital device"
> means "any machine, device, product, software, or technology, whether or
> not included with or as part of some other machine, device, product,
> software, or technology, that is designed, marketed or used for the
> primary purpose of, and that is capable of, storing, retrieving,
> processing, performing, transmitting, receiving, or copying information in
> digital form." 
> (4) Secretary -- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce
> [Takes effect at the date of enactment, except for sections that wait for
> federal standard.] 
> Title II -- Internet Security Initiatives 
> [Summary: Creates 25-member federal "Computer Security Partnership
> Council." Funds NIST computer security program at $50 million starting in
> FY2001, increasing by $10 million a year through FY2006. Funds computer
> security training program starting at $15 million in FY2001. Creates
> federal "computer security awards." Requires NIST to encourage P3P and
> similar privacy standards] 
> 
 ***********************************************************************
PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION
***********************************************************************
Scott A. Edwards
Vice-President, Anti-Piracy and Content Programs
The Software & Information Industry Association
1090 Vermont Ave., N.W., Sixth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: (202) 789-4448
Facsimile: (202) 289-7097
e-mail: sedwards@siia.net
http://www.siia.net
***********************************************************************
>  
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

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Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Rodney Clowdus]

Here's something I found yesterday that sheds some more light on the bill.
Why do I get the feeling that Microsoft is behind this as well???  It's
not hard to see the hidden agenda in this bill to take away our freedom of
speech.  It does not take a rocket scientist to see where this will lead.
Maybe we need an Internet Tea Party, but where's the harbour?


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   Open Letter to Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO, Walt Disney Company

                       by Don Marti <dmarti@ssc.com>
                             14-September-2001

   Open letter to Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO, Walt Disney Company.

   Dear Mr. Eisner,

   I hear you're planning a trip to Washington, DC next month to close
   the deal on a computer censorship bill, the SSSCA, you're buying from
   Congress. I'm writing to ask you to please stay home.

   I'm not asking because of concerns for your safety. All Americans are
   getting back to regular work and travel, and that's the right thing
   to do. But you and your bill should stay out of Washington, DC, and
   let our elected representatives do their jobs.

   Here's why.

   On the morning of September 11th, I was wondering about one thing.
   Nothing the mass media could spare the time to answer, though. My
   question was "What happened to Jim and Ari?" They work in a building
   facing the World Trade Center, and often use the subway station
   underneath.

   In mid-morning, an internet server still chugging along on lower
   Broadway passed along the answer. "I just talked to Ari. He and Jim
   are OK."

   That was it. A few words, passed along by a freely available mail
   program on an old Pentium system in the corner of an office. Words
   that ended up copied many times and passed along to internet places
   where Jim and Ari's friends gather. Low-budget Internet hosts you've
   never heard of, with names like zork.crackmonkey.org and
   barley.nylug.org, running software you've never heard of, with names
   like Postfix and GNU Mailman.

   This isn't the flashy Internet of IPOs and Herman Miller chairs. It's
   the Internet where a regular person with a couple books and a used
   computer can start up a meeting, an argument, a conversation about
   anything. No venture capitalists, no advertisers, no licenses, no
   chat room monitors--just independent know-how, Linux Documentation
   Project style.

   What did we learn from the low-profile Internet this week? Just
   little things. Some guy went to one hospital to give blood, they sent
   him to another, and everyone with type O blood please come, too. The
   A Train is running, making all stops except World Trade Center.
   Here's a complete bus schedule. A librarian in Indiana told the
   police she is keeping the library open, so that people can get on the
   Internet for news of their friends and family.

   The Ventures came out with a song called, "Be Strong America" and
   their webmaster put it up as an MP3 file for free distribution. Other
   people posted photos and movies of their trips by foot out of
   Manhattan or Washington. Forwarded copies made the proverbial rounds
   as if they were virus warnings or lawyer jokes.

   The song is corny, and the news is minor, but I know from the Jim and
   Ari message how much it could mean. On the evening of the 11th,
   President Bush said, "These acts shattered steel, but they cannot
   dent the steel of American resolve." Americans knew that because, as
   we watched TV, our inboxes became full of copies of copies of copies
   of individual stories of human steel.

   The stories weren't all good news. A sister's friend and her fiancee,
   missing. One of the members of someone's favorite band was working
   his day job at a sky-high restaurant. Another sister was a flight
   attendant. And nobody would say the Internet could help with that
   loss.

   It wasn't accurate or eloquent. Primitive reactions spewed out,
   ill-informed calls for revenge, racism, ignorance--the best I could
   say for some of the hateful garbage was, well, at least this guy is
   just typing, instead of breaking shop windows or worse.

   It's wasn't fun and it wasn't sanitary; there can be no happy ending
   to this story. But it was America.

   President Bush said, "The federal government and all our agencies are
   conducting business. But it is not business as usual." Mr. Eisner,
   please take that as a hint. It's a mistake for any American to shut
   down another's freedom to speak, whether the person being censored is
   editing an on-line newspaper or just making tweaks to the software
   that runs the "Crackmonkey" site.

   The SSSCA, which you are in the middle of buying from Congress, would
   outlaw the software that powers the independent Internet, the
   Internet that had many of us crying on our keyboards this week, from
   loss, relief or rage. At times like this, a slightly cracked monkey
   means more to us than a perfectly coiffed mouse.

   It would be shameful for you to show up at the US Capitol with a
   duffel bag full of "campaign contributions" at a time like this.
   Paying Congress to silence your fellow citizens, now, is not the act
   of a loyal American.

   The SSSCA is all the more dangerous because we're a big country. I
   would love to be able to say that even without the Internet, our
   independent radio stations, local newspapers and town meetings would
   get our communicating done. I would love to be able to say that many
   voices in all media brought us news, personal appeals, debate.

   But that's not what happened. Blame the price of paper, the limited
   radio spectrum or our spread-out geography, but the fact is that the
   only national, public voice most of us have is the Internet. Our
   national conversation runs on open standards and interoperable
   software. Allowing it to exist only at the pleasure of major media
   corporations and software giants would turn our democracy over to
   unaccountable private-sector rulers.

   I recognize that you just want more outlets for your movies, and the
   Internet might look like TV to you at first. But you have plenty of
   markets for your products--not just TV, but the multiplexes, the
   theme parks, the malls. Please let Americans keep our disorderly
   public places, too. The Internet is annoying, flaming and
   rumor-mongering, but for many of us it's all the free speech we've
   got.

   Mr. Eisner, please stay home.

   Sincerely,

   Donald B. Marti Jr.
   American

   For more information:
   cryptome.org/sssca.htm

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Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Kirk Reiser]

Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This should be a
subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
information.

If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more
difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the problem could get
curtailed based on what media you use to object.

In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will
lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more
relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy.  It
is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week,
will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your
big brother.

This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often
wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the
rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.

  Kirk


  Kirk


-- 

Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
phone: (519) 661-3061

Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Rodney Clowdus]

I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to discuss this as this
very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in the future due
to the nature of open source software not meeting the requirements of the
proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these matters.  I love
this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
speakup.  It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
people of the world.  Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
representative about this.  Richard is very concerned and see's that this
is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and all what it
stands for.  I know for a fact that the government is in the very act of
making it illegal to use software that's written by what they negatively
call hackers.  All my favorite software and my way of communicating is in
danger.  The big corporations are trying to think of every means possible
to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software for the good of
the blind community as well as the good for all communities.  I hope we
win this one.  Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!

The Weaving Beaver
rclowdus@kcnet.com
"Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
"Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."

On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:

> Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This should be a
> subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> information.
>
> If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more
> difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the problem could get
> curtailed based on what media you use to object.
>
> In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will
> lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more
> relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy.  It
> is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week,
> will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your
> big brother.
>
> This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often
> wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the
> rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
>
>   Kirk
>
>
>   Kirk
>
>
> --
>
> Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Shaun Oliver]

rodney, I'm incline to agree with you.
I've forwarded some of this to my nearest and dearest for their oppinions
on this matter.
I live in australia which means nothing at this point but it's pretty safe
to say, that if this legislation goes ahead, I'm forced to wonder how long
it would be before something similar is preposed over here as well.
and as for suggestions that microsoft may have had a hand or at least a
vested interest in this legislation,
I'd have to agree with this also.  basicly, it's more than likely common
knowledge by now that microsoft are going to have some sort of spy
software imbedded in the kernel of their windows xp operating system.
as far as I can assertain, this is to insure that noone is using the
software ilegally.
this piece of legislation is seeking to do the very thing that microsoft
have been trying to do for years.


Shaun..

Cat, n.:
	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.

Email: shauno@goanna.net.au

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Rodney Clowdus wrote:

> I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to discuss this as this
> very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in the future due
> to the nature of open source software not meeting the requirements of the
> proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these matters.  I love
> this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
> speakup.  It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
> people of the world.  Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
> representative about this.  Richard is very concerned and see's that this
> is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and all what it
> stands for.  I know for a fact that the government is in the very act of
> making it illegal to use software that's written by what they negatively
> call hackers.  All my favorite software and my way of communicating is in
> danger.  The big corporations are trying to think of every means possible
> to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software for the good of
> the blind community as well as the good for all communities.  I hope we
> win this one.  Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!
> 
> The Weaving Beaver
> rclowdus@kcnet.com
> "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> 
> On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> 
> > Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This should be a
> > subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> > information.
> >
> > If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more
> > difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the problem could get
> > curtailed based on what media you use to object.
> >
> > In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> > systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will
> > lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> > The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more
> > relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy.  It
> > is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week,
> > will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your
> > big brother.
> >
> > This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often
> > wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the
> > rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
> >
> >   Kirk
> >
> >
> >   Kirk
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> > phone: (519) 661-3061
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Gregory Nowak]

How exactly would this spy routine in the kernel
make sure that no one other then the registered user
is using their worthless windows xp?
Greg


On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 08:49:04PM +1000, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> rodney, I'm incline to agree with you.
> I've forwarded some of this to my nearest and dearest for their oppinions
> on this matter.
> I live in australia which means nothing at this point but it's pretty safe
> to say, that if this legislation goes ahead, I'm forced to wonder how long
> it would be before something similar is preposed over here as well.
> and as for suggestions that microsoft may have had a hand or at least a
> vested interest in this legislation,
> I'd have to agree with this also.  basicly, it's more than likely common
> knowledge by now that microsoft are going to have some sort of spy
> software imbedded in the kernel of their windows xp operating system.
> as far as I can assertain, this is to insure that noone is using the
> software ilegally.
> this piece of legislation is seeking to do the very thing that microsoft
> have been trying to do for years.
> 
> 
> Shaun..
> 
> Cat, n.:
> 	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.
> 
> Email: shauno@goanna.net.au
> 
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
> 
> > I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to discuss this as this
> > very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in the future due
> > to the nature of open source software not meeting the requirements of the
> > proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these matters.  I love
> > this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
> > speakup.  It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
> > people of the world.  Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
> > representative about this.  Richard is very concerned and see's that this
> > is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and all what it
> > stands for.  I know for a fact that the government is in the very act of
> > making it illegal to use software that's written by what they negatively
> > call hackers.  All my favorite software and my way of communicating is in
> > danger.  The big corporations are trying to think of every means possible
> > to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software for the good of
> > the blind community as well as the good for all communities.  I hope we
> > win this one.  Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!
> > 
> > The Weaving Beaver
> > rclowdus@kcnet.com
> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> > 
> > On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This should be a
> > > subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> > > information.
> > >
> > > If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more
> > > difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the problem could get
> > > curtailed based on what media you use to object.
> > >
> > > In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> > > systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will
> > > lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> > > The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more
> > > relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy.  It
> > > is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week,
> > > will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your
> > > big brother.
> > >
> > > This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often
> > > wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the
> > > rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> > > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> > > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

RE: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Steve Dawes]

Shaun, I tried to reply to your note earlier today, but for whatever reason,
it did not make it to the list.  So, if you don't mind, here we go again!

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Too late Shaun!!

Microsoft is already doing just what you suggested, and they are not doing
it with Windows XP.  In fact, if you install Internet Explorer 6.0,
Microsoft is running a few processes in the background that are sending
information back to them.  I have included an article that I have read
earlier this week that Shedds some lite on the subject.

Oh those ........................................

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

   What the Heck Are "QMgr" and "LoadQM?"

I recently installed IE6 & MS messenger and i had a program called Microsoft
qmgr trying to access the internet (zone alarm told me that!) i read some
where
when i tried to search what the hell is that , that it is a Microsoft
program that lets other Microsoft network users know you are online, i know
your
against installing messenger programs that announces your presence on the
net , but some time you need them. could you be kind enough to elaborate
more
on the subject , and thanks for a great work.--- Dr.Mohammed A. Alghamdi

There are a couple things going on that have very similar names. The file
Loadqm.exe is a "quality monitor" that's part of MSN. It collects and
transmits
anonymous statistics back to Microsoft. You can read more about it--- and
turn it off, to prevent anything from being sent back---  by opening MSN
Explorer,
clicking on "Help and Settings" at the top of the pager, then click on
"Privacy" in the left nav bar, then click on "Service Quality Monitoring."

QMgr apparently is a "queue manager" identified as a "Background File
Downloader" that "Downloads data for programs when the computer is idle."

There is no separate on/off switch for QMgr that I know of, but it can be
blocked by ZoneAlarm (and by other firewalls that allow per-application
settings).
I've noticed no problems from blocking QMgr; if I ever do encounter a
download problem, I can adjust ZoneAlarm on the fly to allow QMgr to connect
temporarily,
and then can re-disable it.

By manually disabling the Quality Manager and using ZoneAlarm to block the
QMgr, you can regain control over some of the less obvious background
activities
that may be going on in your PC.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Taken from:  Langalist Standard Edition 2001/09/17.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

Isn't this another door for viruses?


Steve Dawes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Shaun Oliver
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:49 AM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed
>
>
> rodney, I'm incline to agree with you.
> I've forwarded some of this to my nearest and dearest for their oppinions
> on this matter.
> I live in australia which means nothing at this point but it's pretty safe
> to say, that if this legislation goes ahead, I'm forced to wonder how long
> it would be before something similar is preposed over here as well.
> and as for suggestions that microsoft may have had a hand or at least a
> vested interest in this legislation,
> I'd have to agree with this also.  basicly, it's more than likely common
> knowledge by now that microsoft are going to have some sort of spy
> software imbedded in the kernel of their windows xp operating system.
> as far as I can assertain, this is to insure that noone is using the
> software ilegally.
> this piece of legislation is seeking to do the very thing that microsoft
> have been trying to do for years.
>
>
> Shaun..
>
> Cat, n.:
> 	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.
>
> Email: shauno@goanna.net.au
>
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
>
> > I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to discuss
> this as this
> > very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in the future due
> > to the nature of open source software not meeting the
> requirements of the
> > proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these
> matters.  I love
> > this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
> > speakup.  It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
> > people of the world.  Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
> > representative about this.  Richard is very concerned and see's
> that this
> > is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and all what it
> > stands for.  I know for a fact that the government is in the very act of
> > making it illegal to use software that's written by what they negatively
> > call hackers.  All my favorite software and my way of
> communicating is in
> > danger.  The big corporations are trying to think of every
> means possible
> > to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software for
> the good of
> > the blind community as well as the good for all communities.  I hope we
> > win this one.  Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!
> >
> > The Weaving Beaver
> > rclowdus@kcnet.com
> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> >
> > On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This should be a
> > > subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> > > information.
> > >
> > > If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access will become more
> > > difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the problem could get
> > > curtailed based on what media you use to object.
> > >
> > > In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> > > systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I suspect we will
> > > lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> > > The national security agencies are in Washington today requesting more
> > > relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our privacy.  It
> > > is sad that a national disaster such as the events over the past week,
> > > will play right into the hands of organizations wishing to become your
> > > big brother.
> > >
> > > This is not the forum for this type of discussion, however, I often
> > > wonder how many people actually understand what is being done to the
> > > rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kirk Reiser				The Computer
> Braille Facility
> > > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of
> Western Ontario
> > > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
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RE: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed

[Dawes, Stephen]

TOO LATE Shaun!

Microsoft is already doing what you suspected.

With the release of Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft is having data sent
from your computer back to them.  I am including an article from a
newsletter that I subscribe to that explains what is going on.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------

   What the Heck Are "QMgr" and "LoadQM?"

     I recently installed IE6 & MS messenger and i had a program
     called Microsoft qmgr trying to access the internet (zone
     alarm told me that!) i read some where when i tried to search
     what the hell is that , that it is a Microsoft program that
     lets other Microsoft network users know you are online, i know
     your against installing messenger programs that announces your
     presence on the net , but some time you need them. could you
     be kind enough to elaborate more on the subject , and thanks
     for a great work.--- Dr.Mohammed A. Alghamdi

There are a couple things going on that have very similar names. The
file Loadqm.exe is a "quality monitor" that's part of MSN. It collects
and transmits anonymous statistics back to Microsoft. You can read more
about it--- and turn it off, to prevent anything from being sent back---
  by opening MSN Explorer, clicking on "Help and Settings" at the top of
the pager, then click on "Privacy" in the left nav bar, then click on
"Service Quality Monitoring."

QMgr apparently is a "queue manager" identified as a "Background File
Downloader" that "Downloads data for programs when the computer is
idle."

There is no separate on/off switch for QMgr that I know of, but it can
be blocked by ZoneAlarm (and by other firewalls that allow per-
application settings). I've noticed no problems from blocking QMgr; if I
ever do encounter a download problem, I can adjust ZoneAlarm on the fly
to allow QMgr to connect temporarily, and then can re-disable it.

By manually disabling the Quality Manager and using ZoneAlarm to block
the QMgr, you can regain control over some of the less obvious
background activities that may be going on in your PC.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------

What this article is saying, is that you don't need to wait for Windows
XP, as Microsoft will be collecting information on every computer that
has Internet Explorer 6.0 installed on it, regardless of the operating
system.

Oh those
.......................................................................

If any of you are interested in seeing more by this author, let me know,
and I will send you the mailing information directly.

Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. 
FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Stephen.Dawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 
Internet: http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun Oliver [mailto:shauno@goanna.net.au]
> Sent: 2001 September 18 4:49 AM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed
> 
> 
> rodney, I'm incline to agree with you.
> I've forwarded some of this to my nearest and dearest for 
> their oppinions
> on this matter.
> I live in australia which means nothing at this point but 
> it's pretty safe
> to say, that if this legislation goes ahead, I'm forced to 
> wonder how long
> it would be before something similar is preposed over here as well.
> and as for suggestions that microsoft may have had a hand or 
> at least a
> vested interest in this legislation,
> I'd have to agree with this also.  basicly, it's more than 
> likely common
> knowledge by now that microsoft are going to have some sort of spy
> software imbedded in the kernel of their windows xp operating system.
> as far as I can assertain, this is to insure that noone is using the
> software ilegally.
> this piece of legislation is seeking to do the very thing 
> that microsoft
> have been trying to do for years.
> 
> 
> Shaun..
> 
> Cat, n.:
> 	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.
> 
> Email: shauno@goanna.net.au
> 
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
> 
> > I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to 
> discuss this as this
> > very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in 
> the future due
> > to the nature of open source software not meeting the 
> requirements of the
> > proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these 
> matters.  I love
> > this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
> > speakup.  It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
> > people of the world.  Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
> > representative about this.  Richard is very concerned and 
> see's that this
> > is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and 
> all what it
> > stands for.  I know for a fact that the government is in 
> the very act of
> > making it illegal to use software that's written by what 
> they negatively
> > call hackers.  All my favorite software and my way of 
> communicating is in
> > danger.  The big corporations are trying to think of every 
> means possible
> > to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software 
> for the good of
> > the blind community as well as the good for all 
> communities.  I hope we
> > win this one.  Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!
> > 
> > The Weaving Beaver
> > rclowdus@kcnet.com
> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> > 
> > On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic.  This 
> should be a
> > > subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> > > information.
> > >
> > > If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access 
> will become more
> > > difficult.  Your rights to even complain about the 
> problem could get
> > > curtailed based on what media you use to object.
> > >
> > > In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> > > systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I 
> suspect we will
> > > lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> > > The national security agencies are in Washington today 
> requesting more
> > > relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our 
> privacy.  It
> > > is sad that a national disaster such as the events over 
> the past week,
> > > will play right into the hands of organizations wishing 
> to become your
> > > big brother.
> > >
> > > This is not the forum for this type of discussion, 
> however, I often
> > > wonder how many people actually understand what is being 
> done to the
> > > rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > >   Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kirk Reiser				The Computer 
> Braille Facility
> > > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of 
> Western Ontario
> > > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 
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