[free-sklyarov] (no subject)

[Don Barry]

Dear Mr. Doherty and opponents of the DMCA,

Suspending public acts at the moment a public is galvanized has
historically been disastrous for movements.  Adobe, you may rest
assured, would easily be willing to make pro-forma agreements to talk
in exchange for such suspension, knowing that the size, energy, and
vigor of such public acts is likely to decrease with time.

What *is* clear from successful political movements is that the best
chance of growing a movement is to let it ride with slack rein.  Give
full support to the upcoming protests.  Adobe will react to them, not
to behind-the-scenes negotiations.  The result will be a public debate
about both this case and the DMCA -- a far more useful outcome than a
behind-the-scenes *potential* amelioration of one DMCA alleged
violation.

Don Barry,
Staff Astronomer,
SIRTF/IRS Science Team,
Cornell University Astronomy