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Appeals court hands free speech victory to poster of DVD cracking code

Monday, April 12, 2004
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...)
Tags: information freedom, free speech, keep the Internet free


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In a rare victory for Internet free speech, a California appeals court reversed an order barring Andrew Bunner from posting DVD cracking code on his web site. This is an important victory for free speech on the web, because it helps affirm the right of individuals to freely post information that threatens the commercial interests of other parties. In reality, the DVD cracking code wasn't copyrighted at all, and the "copyright" argument by the DVD Copy Control Association was groundless. The real issue was the protection of profits. And the real question was, "Do individuals have the right to post information on their websites that may harm the financial interests of corporations?"

In a free society, the obvious answer to that question should be a resounding YES! Free Speech should protect our right to post information that challenges the motives and financial positions of any organization. The Internet is the place where people can freely exchange ideas and opinions, and today there's a dangerous trend towards outlawing certain links or certain content.

Web sites that post information questioning the severity and degree of the Holocaust, for example, are routinely labeled "hate sites" regardless of their approach. Sites questioning the legitimacy of the Bush Presidency have been called "information terrorism" sites. And, of course, there's the inevitable "politically incorrect" label used to disparage any site that uses language that's too direct, too blunt, or too close to the truth to be comfortable to some readers.

The only way to keep our society free is to encourage the free flow of ideas and opinions: even ones we don't agree with. If we, as a nation, censor online content, we only darken the minds of ourselves and future generations. The Internet, in fact, is the last free medium left on the planet. Keep the Internet free.


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About the author:Mike Adams (aka the "Health Ranger") is a best selling author (#1 best selling science book on Amazon.com) and a globally recognized scientific researcher in clean foods. He serves as the founding editor of NaturalNews.com and the lab science director of an internationally accredited (ISO 17025) analytical laboratory known as CWC Labs. There, he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for achieving extremely high accuracy in the analysis of toxic elements in unknown water samples using ICP-MS instrumentation. Adams is also highly proficient in running liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and mass spectrometry time-of-flight analytical instrumentation.

Adams is a person of color whose ancestors include Africans and Native American Indians. He's also of Native American heritage, which he credits as inspiring his "Health Ranger" passion for protecting life and nature against the destruction caused by chemicals, heavy metals and other forms of pollution.

Adams is the founder and publisher of the open source science journal Natural Science Journal, the author of numerous peer-reviewed science papers published by the journal, and the author of the world's first book that published ICP-MS heavy metals analysis results for foods, dietary supplements, pet food, spices and fast food. The book is entitled Food Forensics and is published by BenBella Books.

In his laboratory research, Adams has made numerous food safety breakthroughs such as revealing rice protein products imported from Asia to be contaminated with toxic heavy metals like lead, cadmium and tungsten. Adams was the first food science researcher to document high levels of tungsten in superfoods. He also discovered over 11 ppm lead in imported mangosteen powder, and led an industry-wide voluntary agreement to limit heavy metals in rice protein products.

In addition to his lab work, Adams is also the (non-paid) executive director of the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (CWC), an organization that redirects 100% of its donations receipts to grant programs that teach children and women how to grow their own food or vastly improve their nutrition. Through the non-profit CWC, Adams also launched Nutrition Rescue, a program that donates essential vitamins to people in need. Click here to see some of the CWC success stories.

With a background in science and software technology, Adams is the original founder of the email newsletter technology company known as Arial Software. Using his technical experience combined with his love for natural health, Adams developed and deployed the content management system currently driving NaturalNews.com. He also engineered the high-level statistical algorithms that power SCIENCE.naturalnews.com, a massive research resource featuring over 10 million scientific studies.

Adams is well known for his incredibly popular consumer activism video blowing the lid on fake blueberries used throughout the food supply. He has also exposed "strange fibers" found in Chicken McNuggets, fake academic credentials of so-called health "gurus," dangerous "detox" products imported as battery acid and sold for oral consumption, fake acai berry scams, the California raw milk raids, the vaccine research fraud revealed by industry whistleblowers and many other topics.

Adams has also helped defend the rights of home gardeners and protect the medical freedom rights of parents. Adams is widely recognized to have made a remarkable global impact on issues like GMOs, vaccines, nutrition therapies, human consciousness.

In addition to his activism, Adams is an accomplished musician who has released over a dozen popular songs covering a variety of activism topics.

Click here to read a more detailed bio on Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, at HealthRanger.com.

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