[free-sklyarov] What else could Adobe do? and the next round of protests

[Victor Piterbarg]

Hi,

Now that Adobe has allegedly reversed it's stance, it became pretty obvious
to me that there's nothing else that they could do. They essentially got the
best of both worlds. The public outrage against them has been calmed, and
Dmitry is still in jail. Have they done anything to actually help Dmitry? I
don't think so. It seems that "withdrawing the complaint" has rather dubious
benefits.

If Adobe really reversed it's stance they could have shown it by
contributing something to Dmitry's legal fund. Obviously to demand that from
Adobe would border on extortion, but if they truly wanted to make amends,
they could have done something to that effect.

We need to organize the next round of protests that will target the
organizations that can actually give orders to release Dmitry. And we need
to do it as soon as possible. I am afraid that the "victory" against Adobe
might reduce the momentum that we've gained up to this point. I hope that
will not be the case. The sooner we organize the second round of nationwide
protests, the better. We need to show that we are not going to go away until
we get what we want. Most importantly we need to show that we will not be
placated by impotent gestures.

-Victor