[free-sklyarov] Can you all Help Me??

[brad young]

Dear All,

Sorry, I did not consider helping each other off
topic? I thought the board was to plan and organize
efforts to Free Dmitry. My site has been here from the
start, informing people of dates and times of events,
showing pictures of events, and providing links to
current information. I have been a feature on slashdot
and 2600 several times and have rcvd over 1000 hits in
a single day. More than I ever imagined!!

In addition I have spent over $100 of my own money on
flyers, have participated in three events, and
organized and passed out flyers at Fry's and Target in
the Bay Area. In addition, I also was the ONLY
supporter to meet Dmitry upon his release!

I thought this movement was about helping fellow
programmers, helping people, helping each other. Don't
"burst my bubble". 

The most important thing is to get Dmitry home!!! I
hope he pleads guilty, pays a fine and goes home to
see his kids!!!

I am worried that many people involved are not in this
to help someone, a fellow programmer, but to use
Dmitry as a Tool to defeat a law.

Sorry If I strayed off "topic".

BTW;

I think it is a Great idea to censor post on a board
dedicated to Free Speech!




--- "Jon O ." <jono at microshaft.org> wrote:
> On 16-Aug-2001, J.E. Cripps wrote:
> > > I think we need to have some more concerted
> attempts to stay on topic.
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > > Yes, there's relatively little news until a week
> from today, but we
> > > should keep the Dmitry/(non-Dmitry) ratio high
> here.
> > 
> > Even if it takes another list. :-)  But I'm not
> volunteering to
> > host, manager or even promise to subscribe to it.
> > 
> 
> There is a DMCA list here:
>
http://lists.anti-dmca.org/mailman/listinfo/dmca_discuss
> 
> However, I'm not sure how much you can extract the
> DMCA issues, fair use,
> etc. from the Dmitry/(non-Dmitry) stuff. It all
> seems pretty related. 
> 
> I just keep thinking that this type of arrest is
> just going to happen again
> unless the public understands the DMCA is not
> helpful to many. However, 
> I think much use of this list is to inform to the
> public about Dmitry and
> also to explain that the DMCA used to arrest him is
> a bad law. So, I'm sure
> some people on this list find DMCA, Fair Use
> information and news useful.
> 
> Is that not the case? What constitutes non-Dmitry?
> What happens when he is
> released? The law was used to put him in jail,
> doesn't that mean the law is core
> to this issue?
> 
> I hope these questions and their answers help
> clarify what is and isn't on topic.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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