[free-sklyarov] Free Dmitry Sklyarov Rally to be held Monday 23 July 2001 in New York City

Mark K. Bilbo mark at blorch.org
Sun Jul 22 20:59:07 PDT 2001


Oh, hey, can we borrow the text for flyers and such for the LA rally? I'm 
beating my head against a wall here trying to write something myself.

Mark

On Sunday 22 July 2001 20:17, Jay Sulzberger wrote:
> ====================================
> Demonstrations to be held Monday in over 20 cities worldwide
> against the arrest of Russian programer by FBI
>
> New York Protest will be in front of the New York Public Library
> on Monday, 23 July, on 5th Avenue between 41st and 42nd, at 12 noon.
> ====================================
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
> CONTACT INFORMATION:
>         LEONID GORKIN
>         509 E 78TH STREET, APT 6D
>         NEW YORK, NY 10021
>         212 794 1565
>         LGORKIN at EXCITE.COM OR LGORKIN1 at NYC.RR.COM
>
>
> TELL THE TRUTH, GO TO JAIL
>
> RALLY FOR DMITRY SKLYAROV
>
> (NEW YORK CITY, 22 July 2001) Last week, at the request of The
> Adobe Corporation, Dmitry Sklyarov, a cryptographer, was arrested
> and handed over to the federal prison system.  The alleged crime:
> He presented his research at an information technology industry
> conference in Las Vegas.  Mr. Sklyarov's analysis revealed that
> Adobe uses a weak security architecture in its e-book product.
> This sort of independent critical review is a normal and
> necessary part of establishing the credibility of claims made
> about a security enabled product.  This act of revealing flaws
> in a product was once legal in the US, but now, thanks to the
> controversial 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) it
> is a federal offense.
>
> Citing the DMCA, the Department of Justice charges Mr. Sklyarov
> with trafficking in a "circumvention" device.  In other words,
> software that makes it possible for people who have paid for
> a book to then read that book:  Another thing that was once
> legal in the US.
>
> The DMCA is a fatally flawed piece of legislation.  It is
> tailor-made law, bought and paid for by the publishing industry.
> It was sold as a measure to 'protect copyright holders' but as
> implemented it will destroy libraries and remove the written
> record from the public domain.
>
> The fight to transform the DMCA into a law that balances
> the needs of society with the privileges granted to copyright
> holders is being led by the the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
> In a July 20, 2001 letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft
> the Executive Director of the EFF, Shari Steele, wrote:
>
>         When the DMCA was passing through Congress in 1998, the
>         copyright industry promised it was needed as a shield
>         for protection. Now as law, it's used as a powerful
>         sword to squelch speech and competition and kill fair
>         use. Congress never intended for the DMCA to destroy
>         fair use, in fact it expressly tried to protect it.
>
> But there was no protection for Mr. Sklyarov.  Unable to
> strike at Elcomsoft, a Russian company that sells a decoder
> for e-books, Adobe Corporation convinced the FBI to attack
> Elcomsoft's employee, Mr. Sklyarov.  In response to the outrage
> sparked by the arrest, Adobe Corporation has offered to meet
> with the EFF on Monday, presumably to find a way to free
> Mr. Sklyarov.  However, the government is not obliged to
> dismiss the case should Adobe ask it to do so.
>
> New Yorkers (no affiliation with EFF) will demonstrate their
> support for Mr. Dmitry Sklyarov in front of the New York Public
> Library on Monday, 23 July, on 5th Avenue between 41st and 42nd,
> at 12 noon.  The message is simple: Free Dmitry!
>
>
>
>
> More information can be found at:
>
>  1. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/
>  2. http://www.freesklyarov.org/toadobe.html
>  3. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45298,00.html
>  4. http://lwn.net/daily/alan-quits-als.php3
>  5. http://www.freesklyarov.org/
>  6. http://www.boycottadobe.com/
>  7. http://www.shrouded.net/nmdmitry.htm
>  8. http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/reuters-sklyarov.txt
>  9. http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sklyarov.htm
> 10.
> http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/chicago-protest-information.txt
> 11.
> http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/sklyarov-chi-press-release.txt
> 12. http://www.elcomsoft.com/aebpr.html
> 13. http://www.elcomsoft.com/AEBPR/PDFSecurity.pdf
> 14. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/
> 15. http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/0034.html
> 16. http://www.ala.org/
> 17. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36584-2001Feb7.html
> 18. http://www.nyu.edu/dental/vitalbook/index.html
> 19. http://www.nyu.edu/dental/vitalbook/faq.html
> 20. http://www.emarketer.com/analysis/ecommerce_b2c/20010314_b2c.html
> 21. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/ds-defcon2/ds-defcon.html
> 22. http://www.visi.com/~tneu/voidwhereprohibited.html
> 23. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
> 24. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/Graphics/
>
>
> ------------------------
> Here is the same list with some small comments to
> introduce each URI:
>
> Another day on the job
> 1. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/
>
> Letter from an Adobe fan
> 2. http://www.freesklyarov.org/toadobe.html
>
> That chilling effect...
> 3. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45298,00.html
>
> This one's already chilled
> 4. http://lwn.net/daily/alan-quits-als.php3
>
> "This is America?"
> 5. http://www.freesklyarov.org/
>
> Hit 'em where it hurts
> 6. http://www.boycottadobe.com/
>
> New Mexicans act up
> 7. http://www.shrouded.net/nmdmitry.htm
>
> The news wire
> 8. http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/reuters-sklyarov.txt
>
> The charges
> 9. http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sklyarov.htm
>
> These guys are better organized then we are
> 10.
> http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/chicago-protest-information.txt
>
> And their press release is better, too
> 11.
> http://two-bit.northpark.edu/free-sklyarov/sklyarov-chi-press-release.txt
>
> That pesky Russian company.  In addition to the uses cited in the
> complaint there are a number of uses mentioned that call into
> question the "primary purpose" of the "circumvention device"
> as claimed by the FBI.  It looks to me like the primary purpose
> is to enable all the traditional fair use activities for e-book
> content.
> 12. http://www.elcomsoft.com/aebpr.html
>
> Ooops, looks like someone comitted a thought crime!
> 13. http://www.elcomsoft.com/AEBPR/PDFSecurity.pdf
>
> If Touretzky can publish with impunity why persecute Dmitry?
> Is it a case of "programming while Russian?"
> Note that Touretzky gives it all away: Both the decoder
> and the full-function key.  Note also that this does
> nothing for you unless you have paid for the e-book.
> 14. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/
>
> Professor Bryan Pfaffenberger's excellent article:
> "In this essay, I'll argue that Sklyarov's case proves beyond any
> doubt that the DMCA should be overturned by a high court action."
> 15. http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/0034.html
>
> The librarians
> 16. http://www.ala.org/
>
> Fear of librarians
> 17. http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36584-2001Feb7.html
>
> "Participation will be mandatory"
> 18. http://www.nyu.edu/dental/vitalbook/index.html
>
> "We don't believe you won't like it"
> 19. http://www.nyu.edu/dental/vitalbook/faq.html
>
> "In fact, two-thirds of all respondents were 'not at all likely'
> to purchase an e-book"
> 20. http://www.emarketer.com/analysis/ecommerce_b2c/20010314_b2c.html
>
> More thought crime
> 21. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/ds-defcon2/ds-defcon.html
>
> "What if..."
> 22. http://www.visi.com/~tneu/voidwhereprohibited.html
>
> Stallman saw it coming
> 23. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
>
> Dmitry Sklyarov's family
> 24. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/Graphics/
>
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