dvd-discuss.archive.0005100640 764 764 5574242 7115156415 15351 0ustar wseltzerwseltzerFrom dvd-discuss-owner@eon.law.harvard.edu Mon May 1 05:08:13 2000 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by eon.law.harvard.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA09649 for dvd-discuss-outgoing; Mon, 1 May 2000 05:08:13 -0400 Received: from web511.mail.yahoo.com (web511.mail.yahoo.com [216.115.104.226]) by eon.law.harvard.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA09646 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 05:08:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20000501090812.15401.qmail@web511.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.28.154.65] by web511.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 01 May 2000 02:08:12 PDT Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 02:08:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryan Taylor Subject: [dvd-discuss] Outline for Linking Brief To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu I started reading over the Plaintiff's motion to ban linking (and to define DeCSS to be any DVD decryption tool). I got on a roll and whipped out an outline of what could become a brief. Feedback/ideas are appreciated. Many of the ideas in this brief have already been developed in this forum. Plaintiff's motion is at: http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-nm.htm Here's a draft outline: A) Speech / expression is affirmative defense to 1201 1) 1203(b)(1) 2) 1201(c)(4) 3) Congress already did all the "balancing" 4) Congress already concluded abridging expression was unnessary and improper 5) If finding of expression is "beginning of analysis" then 1203(b)(1) is "end of analysis" B) 2600's mirror list html is speech/expression 1) Computer Programs are expressive b) Computers are multi-media devices: control of = expression c) Altai test gives constructive ID of object code's expression d) Computer programs copyrighted as expressive 'literary works' e) Source code is speech. Hold otherwise or violate 1203(b)(1) f) Junger reversed => weakened foundation for memorandum opinion g) html is particularly expressive type of computer instruction I) Generally written to accentuate natural language & pictures II) Name is accurate: hyper text markup language III) Often read and written directly by laymen h) A hyperlink contains specific easily identifiable expression I) An _asserted_ location (correctness not controllable) II) A natural language or pictorial label III) A contextual natural language description IV) An assertion of relevence, interest, or news-worthy-ness 2) html functional nature actually less a program than a DVD video a) html & DVD video both 'computer program's under 17 USC 101 b) mpeg is image generation language, comparable to html c) <