[free-sklyarov] Adobe Will Talk! July 23 Sklyarov Protest on Hold

Paul Gowder paul at paultopia.net
Fri Jul 20 13:56:31 PDT 2001


Will.  You can't negotiate with Adobe to get the guy out of jail.  Get the 
federal prosecutor to the table and then we'll talk about forestalling the 
protests.

         -Paul

At 02:29 PM 7/20/01, Will Doherty wrote:
>I absolutely agree with you about keeping the momentum
>going... this is NOT about caving.
>
>This is about sane negotiation to get a guy out of jail.
>
>Please take a moment to really consider what the consequences
>can be.
>
>And of course, we will still protest until the government
>no longer agrees to prosecute such anti-fair-use cases
>under the DMCA or until the DMCA is amended or judicially
>restricted so that such prosecutions can no longer occur.
>
>Will Doherty
>Online Activist / Media Relations
>Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
>Web http://www.eff.org
>
>Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
>-------
>
>At 04:04 PM 7/20/2001 -0400, Keith A. Glass (home email) wrote:
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net
>>[mailto:free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net]On Behalf Of Will Doherty
>>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 3:51 PM
>>To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
>>Subject: [free-sklyarov] Adobe Will Talk! July 23 Sklyarov Protest on
>>Hold
>>Importance: High
>>
>>
>> >Congratulations folks!
>>
>>No congratulations until Dmitri is free and on a jet, in
>>the air, outside of US jurisdiction...
>>
>> >The pressure we all have put on Adobe has resulted
>> >in an agreement to meet with representatives from
>> >the Electronic Frontier Foundation on this Monday
>> >morning, July 23.
>>
>>That's nice.
>>
>> >For that reason, EFF has decided to:
>>
>> >PUT THE JULY 23 PROTEST ON HOLD
>>
>>Methinks EFF doesn't want my Tax Refund. . .
>>
>> >Please help us act in good faith and postpone the
>> >protest until we have a chance to negotiate with
>> >Adobe.
>>
>>I'm sorry, but you DON'T cave in a situation like this,
>>if we're protesting with media coverage, that's all the
>>more leverage we have in negotiations.
>>
>>**IF** Adobe had acted honorably, we could show good faith.
>>But **WE** haven't done anything wrong: ADOBE is the party
>>who needs to show good faith FIRST. . .
>>
>>And remember, we need to keep the momentum building, because
>>getting Dmitri freed is just the FIRST part of this: getting
>>DMCA overturned is the full goal. . .
>
>
>
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