IP: Sega tries to censor hacker discussions of Dreamcast system

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 13:28:35 -0400
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>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2931893.html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni
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>    Sega wants to silence advice on hacker sites
>    By John Borland
>    Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>    October 4, 2000, 1:30 p.m. PT
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>    Citing piracy concerns, Sega of America is seeking to shut down a
>    handful of Web sites and message boards that discuss its Dreamcast
>    game system, leading one publication to fight back with charges of
>    censorship.
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>    Sega has launched a campaign of cease-and-desist letters against a
>    list of Web sites that provide news about pirated Dreamcast games,
>    including release information, reviews, credits and some instructions.
>    Although most of these sites are shutting down rather than facing the
>    giant, at least one news site is fighting back, saying that the
>    copyright holders have gone too far.
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>    Jennifer Granick, the attorney representing Web site Isonews, says
>    Sega has stepped over the line in asking her client to kill a message
>    board devoted to the Dreamcast player. The request, she says, could
>    put new limits on what kind of speech is deemed legal inside a
>    bulletin board-style forum service.
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