[free-sklyarov] How about getting the American Library Association (ALA) to make a statement of support for Sklyarov and against the DMCA?

[noring at olagrande.net]

Sam Gray wrote:

>I realize this is tangential to the immediate purpose of the list, which is
>to get Dmitry out of jail, but in the larger scheme of things, there's
>another large group of people who are just as mad about the DMCA, if not
>more so, as the geeks:  librarians.  (Spider Robinson said of librarians:
>"They're the Secret Masters of the Universe.  Don't ever piss one off.")
>
>Librarians are our natural allies on this issue, and it's not too late to
>recruit them for picket lines.

Yes, good point. I suggest EFF approach ALA and ask them to
at least issue a position paper on this affair, and hope
they will become more active than that.

Jon Noring