[free-sklyarov] Re: [DMITRY-PLAN] Monday in Moscow (& Internet)

[Seth David Schoen]

Ilya V. Vasilyev writes:

> Hi, All!
> 
> This Monday, 30 of July, 11:00 Pacific Time, 22:00 Moscow Time,
> 18:00 GMT, we are makeing our first e-protest.
> 
> Place to meet:
> Server:  irc.2600.net
> Channel: #free-dmitry-msk
> 
> People from other towns and countries are welcome also.
> We can help Dmitry to see freedom, Adobe to pay for it and
> DMCA to fail, no matter, from what country we are.
> 
> Free Dmitry!  Repeal the DMCA!

I know that there was no suggestion that the e-protest will include
illegal activities, but I wanted to re-iterate that for anybody who
didn't see your original announcement.

Illegal activities in "support" of someone in the judicial system can
really, really hurt that person's case.  Prosecutors aren't _supposed_
to mention third parties' activities, but in some cases they have
found a way to try to connect someone with others who are doing
illegal activities.

This happened in a minor way in the DVD cases, where the plaintiffs 
described _in court_ threats and harrassment they had received.  Let's
just say that this didn't do the defendants any good (even though the
defendants definitely had nothing to do with it).

We know that Dmitry Sklyarov is a peaceful and law-abiding person.
Courts don't know that, yet; if lots of his so-called "friends" are
not law-abiding, what will they think?

e-protest in general is a reasonable idea, and I wish you luck.  It's
quite helpful to have people continuing to get the word out.

As you said, quoted in my .signature below, Dmitry Sklyarov had a
peaceful mission in visiting the U.S.; he didn't mean anybody any
harm, but only meant to share information.  I hope all of his supporters
will act in the same way!

-- 
Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org> | Its really terrible when FBI arrested
Temp.  http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | hacker, who visited USA with peacefull
down:  http://www.loyalty.org/   (CAF) | mission -- to share his knowledge with
     http://www.freesklyarov.org/      | american nation.  (Ilya V. Vasilyev)