[free-sklyarov] Adobe Will Talk! July 23 Sklyarov Protest on Hold

[Sonja V. Tideman]

hello,
  That is great news, but I am also afraid of the price we would pay to
cancel it.  I am also afraid of canceling an action when nothing has
changed (he is still in prison).  Perhaps a better solution would be to
try to move the focus of the demonstrations away from Adobe and onto the
federal government (who have not done anything to suggest they would not
do this again if another company asked them to.  After all, is it enough
to get Adobe's assurance they will not be throwing another innocent
programmer in jail, or should we try to get the government's assurance?


Sonja


On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Will Doherty wrote:

> Congratulations folks!
> 
> The pressure we all have put on Adobe has resulted
> in an agreement to meet with representatives from
> the Electronic Frontier Foundation on this Monday
> morning, July 23.
> 
> For that reason, EFF has decided to:
> 
> PUT THE JULY 23 PROTEST ON HOLD
> 
> Please help us act in good faith and postpone the
> protest until we have a chance to negotiate with
> Adobe.
> 
> Of course, we can always rekindle the protest if
> Adobe does not agree to withdraw their complaint
> to the US Department of Justice regarding Dmitry
> Sklyarov and to refuse to pursue further prosecutions
> under the DMCA for cases that should be prevented
> under fair use provisions of US copyright law.
> 
> And also, if the US Attorney's office insists
> on prosecuting Dmitry without a current complaint
> from Adobe, then we will continue protests directed
> at them rather than at Adobe.
> 
> If you still feel that you have to protest on
> Monday, you are of course free to do so.
> However, it may be a more effective use of
> our collective energies to act in a coordinated
> way to get Dmitry out of jail.
> 
> I am writing a media release to this effect as
> soon as I sent this email to you... wanted you
> all to know first.
> 
> Free Dmitry,
> 
> Will Doherty
> Online Activist / Media Relations
> Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
> Web http://www.eff.org
> 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation - Protecting rights in the digital age
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