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This is Nathaniel S. Borenstein's appeal for funds for the Zimmermann Legal Defense Fund. It's known as the "Virtual Yellow Ribbon Appeal" because it's the first time the idea of putting a notice of support for the ZLDF in signatures was widely disseminated.

Dear friends,

You're probably aware of Phil Zimmerman's difficult legal and financial plight, which stems from his heroic efforts to make strong cryptographic privacy available to every American. (If you're not aware of them, you can get complete information from the web pages and mail servers mentioned at the end of this message.)

The Zimmerman Legal Defense Fund (ZLDF) is now launching a new phase of the fundraising drive to assist Phil. I'm proud that First Virtual has joined ZLDF and NetResponse in this effort, with contributions of both money and resources. With the cooperation and blessing of Phil and his lawyers, we now have set up a new mail server and web site for the defense fund. We are also launching a "virtual yellow ribbon" (VYR) campaign to establish a bandwagon of visible support for Phil on the net.

The VYR idea is simple: You add a very short bit of text to your signature that declares your support for Phil, and tells people how to get more information & donate money. Then, every email message you send becomes a political act in support of the right to strong privacy and cryptographic freedom.

Rather than burn up mailing list bandwidth by giving lots more details about all of this, I'll just close with my signature file, which contains pointers to where all the details can be found. Please take a few moments and a few dollars to add your support to this worthy cause. -- Nathaniel

PS -- Wearing my crass commercial hat, I'll also point out that if you don't yet have a First Virtual account, this is the perfect time to get one, because FV has agreed to make a cash donation to ZLDF for everyone who signs up for a new FV account through the ZLDF web pages!

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Nathaniel S. Borenstein   
Chief Scientist, First Virtual Holdings Incorporated
Phone (+1 201 540-8967)  (fax 993-3032)
PGP key: finger nsb@nsb.fv.com  (Fingerprints: call or see my business card)
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| When PRIVACY Is Outlawed...Only OUTLAWS Will Have Privacy!  |
| >>> I SUPPORT THE PHIL ZIMMERMANN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND! <<<   |
| Email: zldf@clark.net      http://www.netresponse.com/zldf  |
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