REMINDER: SF Federal Building, Oct 20, 1015AM: Bernstein case

Last reminder!  Come to the Federal Building in SF this Friday at
10:15AM, go upstairs to Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's courtroom, and Be
There for the first skirmish in the trial of crypto export controls.
450 Golden Gate Avenue in downtown SF, two blocks from Van Ness.

We've gotten a lot of press interest.  Both the legal-newspapers in
SF, the Examiner, and many others will be covering it.  Some of them
breathlessly asked, "Will the cypherpunks hold a demonstration?", but
what we will demonstrate is how the legal system can turn against the
bureaucrats and authoritarians who currently hold crypto hostage.

This will be a low-key meeting, quietly bearing witness, at least
before we adjourn to a probably rowdy lunch at Max's Opera Cafe at Van
Ness and Golden Gate Avenues.  If you can't come to the hearing, at
least come for lunch!

And don't forget, it's a costume party: Dress like a banker.  Even
you bitbankers.  Even me.  See you there!

	John

FREE ADVICE WHICH IS IS WORTH JUST WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT:

    john's comment to "dess like a banker" is VERY APPROPRIATE.  Many
bankers have bards and long hair (as long as they do not interface with
front line customers).  The issue is the THE "suit" --and the neatly
combed long beard and preferably ponytailed hair. 
    when I controlled big bucks, I couod get through the door of any 
swiss banker in Tshirt and jeans --now I wear my "funeral" suit!
    don't "intimidate" the judge with a crowd of anti-social rowdies 
(yes, us), and show respect for the judge --the demeanor of both the 
protagonists and the "court" influences the judge, and a win at this 
level makes sustaining the judgement through appeals significantly less 
expensive.

On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, John Gilmore wrote:

> Last reminder!  Come to the Federal Building in SF this Friday at
> 10:15AM, go upstairs to Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's courtroom, and Be
> There for the first skirmish in the trial of crypto export controls.
> 450 Golden Gate Avenue in downtown SF, two blocks from Van Ness.
> 
> We've gotten a lot of press interest.  Both the legal-newspapers in
> SF, the Examiner, and many others will be covering it.  Some of them
> breathlessly asked, "Will the cypherpunks hold a demonstration?", but
> what we will demonstrate is how the legal system can turn against the
> bureaucrats and authoritarians who currently hold crypto hostage.
> 
> This will be a low-key meeting, quietly bearing witness, at least
> before we adjourn to a probably rowdy lunch at Max's Opera Cafe at Van
> Ness and Golden Gate Avenues.  If you can't come to the hearing, at
> least come for lunch!
> 
> And don't forget, it's a costume party: Dress like a banker.  Even
> you bitbankers.  Even me.  See you there!
> 
> 	John
>

On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, John Gilmore wrote:

> Last reminder!  Come to the Federal Building in SF this Friday at
> 10:15AM, go upstairs to Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's courtroom, and Be
> There for the first skirmish in the trial of crypto export controls.
> 450 Golden Gate Avenue in downtown SF, two blocks from Van Ness.

Q:  Will they allow CU-SeeMe in the courtroom?  (over Metricom radio modem?)

-Thomas

In article <9510190245.AA20897@toad.com>, John Gilmore  <gnu@toad.com> wrote:
>Last reminder!  Come to the Federal Building in SF this Friday at
>10:15AM, go upstairs to Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's courtroom, and Be
>There for the first skirmish in the trial of crypto export controls.
>450 Golden Gate Avenue in downtown SF, two blocks from Van Ness.
>
>We've gotten a lot of press interest.  Both the legal-newspapers in
>SF, the Examiner, and many others will be covering it.  Some of them
>breathlessly asked, "Will the cypherpunks hold a demonstration?", but
>what we will demonstrate is how the legal system can turn against the
>bureaucrats and authoritarians who currently hold crypto hostage.
>
>This will be a low-key meeting, quietly bearing witness, at least
>before we adjourn to a probably rowdy lunch at Max's Opera Cafe at Van
>Ness and Golden Gate Avenues.  If you can't come to the hearing, at
>least come for lunch!
>
>And don't forget, it's a costume party: Dress like a banker.  Even
>you bitbankers.  Even me.  See you there!
>
A handful of interested students from Manuel Blum's Crypto class at
Berkeley will likely be attending (sort of an unofficial field trip).
I've managed to raise awareness and interest in this issue among the
class.

   - Ian "I doubt some of these grad students even _have_ banker outfits..."