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(Hello people from the Internet. Just a note that this is only a draft of a proposed letter. Noisebridge decides this kind of thing by consensus at our Tuesday meetings. We'll revisit whether to edit or send this in its current form on Tuesday 8PM January 29th.) | |||
Dear Ashley and Todd, | Dear Ashley and Todd, | ||
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and Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It must be very exciting to work on such a large | and Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It must be very exciting to work on such a large | ||
project, especially when you need, as your letter says, clearance on our logo | project, especially when you need, as your letter says, clearance on our logo | ||
"tomorrow" (15th January). How | "tomorrow" (15th January). How annoying it must be to constantly ask for | ||
such | such permissions, just for a little bit of set dressing! | ||
It is probably long past the point | It is probably long past the point when you needed it, but | ||
here is our | here is our decision: | ||
From your description, it should be clear to anyone watching your | From your description, it should be clear to anyone watching your | ||
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Such a position is lunacy and a genuine threat to free speech and the first | Such a position is lunacy and a genuine threat to free speech and the first | ||
amendment. You should use exercise all of your fair use rights freely | amendment. You should use exercise all of your fair use rights freely and without | ||
fear. | fear. | ||
So we say tell your friends at DreamWorks to publish (or print, or produce) and | So we say tell your friends at DreamWorks to publish (or print, or produce) and | ||
be damned. Tell them we fully support them in their brave stand. You can say | be damned. Tell them we fully support them in their brave stand. You can say | ||
with confidence that the only conditions | with confidence that the only conditions under which Noisebridge would sue them and their | ||
partners to the maximum damages entitled to us by law would be if it turned out | partners to the maximum damages entitled to us by law would be if it turned out | ||
that hackers like us were completely hypocritical nihilists | that hackers like us were completely hypocritical nihilists out only for our | ||
own egotistical ends. | own egotistical ends. | ||
Given that you were so nice as to ask us, we can't | Given that you were so nice as to ask us, we can't imagine you think that of us. | ||
imagine you think that of us. | |||
Lots of love, | Lots of love, | ||
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Noisebridge | Noisebridge | ||
* - which frankly sounds a bit sleezy. Are | * - which frankly sounds a bit sleezy. Are the screenwriters really inserting a fake subplot about a non-existent American spy in Iran who is exposed in the State department cables? Doesn't that seem a little irresponsible to you, given the great, real stories in the WikiLeaks affair you could have written about? | ||