[free-sklyarov] picketting Adobe?

[Jon O .]

Rewrite the adobe part of Sklyarov's power point on the street 
in chalk in front of the building.





On 19-Jul-2001, Michael C. Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 05:22:01PM -0700, Rich Bodo wrote:
> > > Book burning is a powerful image. One could claim that turning
> > > a book into an eBook is the same as burning it. Either way
> > > people could be losing access to the ideas in the book.
> > 
> > Also TRUE.  Peaceful protestors regularly stage dramatic events that
> > mimic the actions of irresponsible corporations all the time.  It's
> > very effective at getting news coverage and putting the actions being
> > protested in the most negative light.  It's also a little more ballsy
> > and hardcore and less people are likely to want to do it.  In general,
> > very hard to pull off with a positive effect.  It could work.
> 
> Heh...old protesters call this Guerilla Theatre...basically it would
> be a short demonstration of what the offender is doing, and taking it
> to an extreme.
> 
> For example: Someone shouts, "Look, you can read the back of this
> cerial box with this secret decoder ring!" Immediately the FBI tackles
> and beats the person. Stage blood flies everywhere. Congressman with 
> cigar: "This might look heavy handed to you, but we've got to stop 
> those evil hackers from breaking corporations' secret codes!" Applause
> from the CEO of Adobe.
> 
> A similar idea: print up pamphlets to pass out. Printed backwards:
> "If you can read this sentence, you might be committing a felony."
> Then go on to explain what DMCA does and why it hurts free expression
> (all in regularly printed text, of course!)
> 
> Mike Smith
> 
> 
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