[free-sklyarov] 6 o'clock

Ilya Volynets ilya at theIlya.com
Sun Jul 22 18:44:29 PDT 2001


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I have no choice but completely agree with you.
If all issues are not resolved by 13:00:00
Adobe has clearly indicated that they are *not* willing
to solve them, as they already seem to be indicating 
by not meeting with EFF during the weekend.

On Sunday 22 July 2001 17:25, Izel Sulam wrote:
> I want to caution protesters not to fall for what Adobe is obviously going
> to do.
>
> I have seen people state that they will wait until around 1 pm, and if
> EFF-Adobe negotiations are still ongoing, that they will protest the US
> Government, but not Adobe.
>
> This is a misguided approach. It lets Adobe off the hook. Clearly, if this
> is how people plan to act, then Adobe has every incentive to waste EFF's
> time until early evening, when reporters and journalists will have lost
> interest in the protests, and then the EFF representatives will be let go
> with nary a result.
>
> That would be a shame. Since Adobe is largely responsible for the chain of
> events leading to Monday's protests, Adobe deserves its 15 minutes of fame
> (infamy) and we will give it to them whether they want it or not.
>
> WE MUST ENSURE THAT ADOBE WILL BE ON MONDAY'S SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.
>
> This is so important that it bears repeating.
>
> WE MUST ENSURE THAT ADOBE WILL BE ON MONDAY'S SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.
>
> One hopes that Adobe will be on the six o'clock news because they will have
> had the foresight to apologize to the EFF, and then publicly to the press,
> and state on the record that they are sorry for what has happened, and that
> they will not cooperate with the DOJ as a witness, and they are retracting
> their complaints, etc. And all this before 1 pm.
>
> But we know that this will never happen.
>
> So we will put Adobe on the six o'clock news ourselves.
>
> How will this happen? By 1 pm, unless we have the aforementioned solid
> result, I strongly suggest that protests go ahead in full force against
> Adobe, the DMCA, and championing the freedom of Dmitry. The consumer rights
> angle should be emphasized above all else. Make this day a Black Monday for
> Adobe. Tell the nation and the world how a profit-hungry corporation based
> on fraud, thuggery, and magic decoders rings will undertake the cruelest,
> vilest, most illegal acts in order to improve their bottom line.
>
> Thanks.
> - izel
>
>
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