Verizon Can Suck My Ass
and so can the Motion Picture Association of America




Since I am a worthless fuck, and cannot afford to register my own domain, I thought I could at least create this page in support of 2600. All corporate gluttons should be chained to the back of a pick-up truck and drug behind it at high rates of speed until their skin peels off, leaving only bloody human trunks and trailing intestines behind. Feel free to sue ME, assholes, since I obviously have nothing to take.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, Verizon has threatened to sue 2600 Magazine for including the work "Verizon" in the www address of a domain name they legally declared (www.verizonREALLYsucks.com). Their claim is that this violates anti-cyber-squatting laws (which is complete bullshit). This is simply another example of corporate interests attempting to wrest control of the internet away from private citizen (one's that use it for something more than buying the lastest Brittany Spears CD and / or downloading porn; that is, those of us that think). If average people don't stand up to such "Big Brother" tactics, the internet will eventually be nothing more than the cable box of the 21st century.

Also mentioned above was the Motion Picture Association of America. Sounds almost patriotic, doesn't it? Don't be fooled. Only one of the MPAA's pending law suits is also against 2600, for posting DeCSS links and source code. Not familiar with DeCSS? This is a free-ware program posted on the internet for download which allows the user to crack the (completely worthless) encryption code on DVD's. While this technology could (theoretically) be used for pirating purposes, since when is owning a tool illegal? Pirating is illegal, and I don't support that. If you rip your DVD's and distribute the info, that is a federal offense; don't be the least bit surprised if Uncle Sugar comes for you. But DeCSS isn't stolen technology; it's freeware. As a matter of fact, since the MPAA had nothing to do with its creation, they can't complain, even if it wasn't freeware. The MPAA isn't trying to punish those who pirate DVD's; that would be highly impractical. What they ARE doing is trying to punish people with technical knowledge, or even those who point others in that direction. To put it plainly: to punish thought crime. There is no law prohibiting the creation of decryption software. Even if there was, all 2600 did was post on their web site a pointer to where it could be found. They didn't write it. A bunch of guys in Norway did. So, in an effort to further the cause of democracy, it is my intention to post the DeCSS source code to on this site as soon as I can find a copy of it elsewhere. The above link will become active as soon as the file is available.


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