Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:13:54 +0000
From: Dominick Bellizzi <dom@copyleft.net>
Subject: Copyleft Donates to the EFF in support of DVD lawsuit defense

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Copyleft Donates to the EFF in support of DVD lawsuit defense

RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY -- February 23, 2000 -- Copyleft, an open source
company that has made a significant effort to support the free software
community with financial contributions, announced a donation of $10,000
to
support the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The donation will aid
the legal defense that the EFF is mounting in response to lawsuits by
the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the DVD Copy Control
Association (DVD CCA). The lawsuits, directed at open source developers
and web sites around the world, aim to suppress the source code that
would
allow DVD movies to be played on the Linux operating system.

The majority of the donation is a result of the popularity of Copyleft's

newest T-shirt, which Copyleft produced specifically to help support the

EFF. Copyleft pledged to donate $4 from each shirt, and to date over
2000
of these shirts have been ordered. These T-shirts were worn outside the
Santa Clara courthouse during the preliminary court hearings, and
subsequently submitted by the DVD CCA plaintiff attorney as evidence.

A second style of T-shirt, "Got DeCSS?", is now available on the
Copyleft
web site.  Featuring more of the DeCSS source code in a parody of the
"Got Milk" advertising campaign, each shirt sold will also contribute $4

to the EFF.

Copyleft.net is an open source retailer that produces a unique line of
T-shirts, polo shirts, ties, and hats that have been invading geek
hampers
since the company's inception in 1998. Working with and supporting
various
community projects, including the Free Software Foundation and Linux
International, Copyleft has donated more than $85,000 to the open source

community. More details on Copyleft's giving and products can be found
at
http://www.copyleft.net.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan
organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil

liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of
computers and the Internet. The EFF was founded in 1990, and is based
in San Francisco, California, with offices in Washington, DC, and New
York City. The EFF can be found at http://www.eff.org.

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