Autonomedia writes: "1. Amount Cornell University Library pays for subscription to "Journal of Applied Polymer Science": $12,495.00
2. Amount charged to University Libraries for subscription to "Journal of Economic Studies": $13.40/page
3. Number of people who find the $13.40 per page ironic: 3 out of 4
4. Number of Project Gutenberg Etexts converted by voluteers: 3,551
5. Current "Cost" per Etext based on 3,481 texts: $2.87 per text
6. Number of Scientists worldwide boycotting Corporate Science Journals beginning September 2001: 26,000
7. Number of college and research institutions "Declaring Independence" by publishing themselves: 200
8. Number of days DMCA arrestee Dmitry Sklyarov spent in jail: 13
9. Number of jails he spent them in: 4
10. Amount charged to taxpayers for those 13 days: $4,000
11. Window of time Microsoft and the American Association of Publishers (AAP) can engage in
their cooperative Internet surveillance program: 24x7x365
12. Number of AAP members who apparently support the Internet surveillance program: 250
13. Number of "companies" which control the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA): 4
14. Number of Executive Directors who appear to control the DVD Copy Control Association: 1
15. Amount one company charges for eBook encryption security: $3,000
16. Number of letters one must rotate the alphabet to decrypt that book: 13 (ROT-13)
17. Amount recovered in recent "software raid" conducted by BSA.org against Minneapolis Company: $260,000
18. Number of disgruntled employees who may report you to the BSA resulting in a "software raid.": 1
19. Number of Irish software companies currently being sued by BSA.org: 7
20. Companies BSA represents in those cases: Adobe, Autodesk, Macromedia, Microsoft and Symantec
21. Number of cities included in July 2001 BSA "Truce" Campaign: 5
22. Number of states which experienced Raids conducted by FBI on July 24 commended by BSA: 9
23. Number of proported jobs lost from software piracy in study conducted by BSA.org: 109,000
24. Amount an eBook customer may be fined for a backup not permited by the Publisher: $250,000
25. Amount of time that customer might spend in jail: 5 years
26. Number of restrictions placed on "Alice in Wonderland" (public domain) eBook: 5
27. Maximum penalty for reading "Alice in Wonderland" aloud (possible DMCA violation): 5 years jail
28. Maximum penalty for having a "pirate" copy of "Planet of the Apes": 10 years jail/$2M fine
29. Average sentence for commiting Rape: 5 years
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Information provided by anti-dmca.org, http://www.anti-dmca.org/dmca-index.html"
