[free-sklyarov] A Few Words in the Aftermath

[Mark K. Bilbo]

On Monday 23 July 2001 18:42, Klepht wrote:
> >>>>> "A" == Andrea  <andrea at gravitt.org> writes:
>
>     A> Now to celebrate and rest and start up for the real fight: the
>     A> DMCA. Our Russian friend is not out of jail yet, although the
>     A> case against him has lost it's star witness. But as long as the
>     A> DMCA is still law in the US, this will happen again.
>
>     A> I hope that many people will at minimum stay subscribed to the
>     A> announcements list. There is still a lot of work to be
>     A> done. This effort is practically instant gratification by
>     A> comparison.
>
> Oh my goodness! I'd be greatly surprised if people start unsubbing
> from this list. It'd be a mistake to think that the recent radio
> silence here was due to lack of interest rather than brutalized inodes
> on zork.net.

I put it down to everybody being out protesting or protested out. <g>

> If it's not clear that Dmitry is not yet out of jail: Dmitry is not
> yet out of jail! Declaring total victory and walking away, or
> concentrating on other fights, would be premature in the extreme!

Again: DMITRY IS NOT OUT OF JAIL!

Not only that but so long as the DMCA stands, this can happen again. And 
again. And to you. Or me. Or *any of us.

> *I'm* starting to wonder what our next move is. Paranoid as I am, I
> keep coming back to the thought that this PR is tactical by Adobe to
> keep protest stories off the local TV news. With luck, they'll stick
> to their agreement and make whatever communications are necessary with
> the DoJ to show their lack of support.

> But even if Adobe is out of the picture (yay! One front to fight on),

And, hey, it IS a win. Adobe must've wet their pants over all of this. <g>

> we still have to get Dmitry out of jail. I think one of the reasons
> that we took on Adobe so early here is that they are the weakest link
> and have the most to luse from bad publicity (which is one of the few
> things we can dish out in large quantities).
>
> I guess what I'm trying to say is that maybe we should not be
> premature in packing up the tents and going home.

Definitely. Until the DMCA is taken out, this can just keep happening.

And certainly we can't quit now and let that guy rot in jail.

Mark