[free-sklyarov] Wretched article at inside.com

[alfee cube]

it will not surprise me if when the dmitry and felton
threads are fully traced and connected, the
controlling node(s) relate directly or indirectly to
the still smoldering encryption battlefield(s).



 
--- Paul Callahan <callahanpb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- "Richard M. Smith" <rms at privacyfoundation.org>
> wrote:
> [assumptions presented as facts]
>  
> >    - "Nor should Sklyarov's July 16 arrest have
> come
> > as a surprise 
> >      to either ElcomSoft or Sklyarov, unless
> > ElcomSoft was cruelly 
> >      keeping Sklyarov in the dark about Adobe's
> > dissatisfaction with 
> >      ElcomSoft's business operations."
> 
> Unless Sklyarov wanted to become the Gandhi of
> the anti-DMCA movement, you *bet* he was surprised!
> 
> Does Parloff seriously believe that Sklyarov flew to
> the US expecting to wind up in federal custody?
> He's either being disingenuous, not thinking (my
> vote), or imagines that Sklyarov was trying to
> make a martyr of himself (highly unlikely).
> 
> However, this article contradicts a point I made in
> a slashdot reply I posted (below).  If the advocates
> 
> of DMCA are bothering to respond, this is a good 
> sign. It means Sklyarov supporters are being taken
> seriously.
> 
> Here's what I wrote earlier:
> 
>  But isn't it interesting that we aren't seeing a
> lot
> of editorials explaining in detail why a
> non-dangerous
> alleged offender of a disputed law *should* be held
> without bail? I mean, if someone can point me to an
> article that says "Yes, for the good of society,
> Sklyarov should be under lock and key and here's
> why."
> then I'd be very interested in reading it. But it
> took
> just a feather's touch of pressure to get Adobe to
> back down from that position. It's untenable under
> any
> reasonable standard of the legitimate use of force.
> 
> Finally, there's no PR campaign from the pro-DMCA,
> pro-arrest camp. Why? Well, because there's no way
> to
> *put* a positive spin on using excessive force
> against
> a relatively powerless individual to settle a
> corporate dispute. So in this case, the best spin,
> the
> best PR, is simply no publicity at all. The average
> American who has heard the story at all simply
> believes that a "Russian hacker" has been
> apprehended
> by the FBI. This vaguely suggests that there must
> have
> been some sort of national security threat. The
> supporters of DMCA would like it for things to stay
> this way.
> 
> Here's the sad truth of the matter: power doesn't
> need
> reason or persuasion to justify itself. That's why
> those in favor of Sklyarov's arrest have been eerily
> silent.
> 
> --Paul 
> 
> 
> 
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