[free-sklyarov] Welcome to new subscribers; updates

[Declan McCullagh]

Seth:
I suspect many of these 533 subscribers are not going to want to stay on
a list that receives 500+ email messages per day.

Have you thought about setting up a moderated announce list for just
related news? 

-Declan



On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 06:53:20PM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> This list now has 533 subscribers.  Traffic has continued to be quite
> high, largely due to the discussion about the Monday events and EFF's
> role.
> 
> I welcome everyone to the list and provide the following reminder:
> 
> > PLEASE DO NOT HARASS ADOBE ON THE TELEPHONE OR SEND THEM ANY OTHER
> > KIND OF HARASSING OR THREATENING COMMUNICATION!  (The same goes for
> > the U.S. Marshal Service, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the U.S.
> > District Court.)  Of course, it is OK to send criticism to Adobe and
> > to the U.S. Attorney.  Let your criticism be civil and relevant.
> > 
> > When people sent threats to the MPAA -- following the MPAA's
> > reprehensible prosecution of 2600 Enterprises -- the MPAA actually
> > quoted these in court and used them to hurt the defendants' case!
> 
> My latest news is that Dmitry Sklyarov was still held in Las Vegas as
> of yesterday and had managed to talk to at least one person by
> telephone.  If you (a list reader) do manage to speak to him, please
> pass on the word that over 500 people have signed up to support him
> and that he is receiving messages of support from all over the world.
> 
> 
> IN OTHER NEWS
> -------------
> 
> The EFF decision today to postpone its call for demonstration at Adobe
> has caused a lot of controversy.  I hope that some of that controversy
> can move off-list now.  I was in the EFF office in my capacity as a
> volunteer today, and the EFF is well aware that this decision was very
> controversial.  You can certainly continue to take up this discussion
> with the EFF.
> 
> EFF will meet with Adobe on Monday to discuss the situation.
> 
> http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010720_eff_sklyarov_alert.html
> 
> Some other groups are continuing the demonstrations on Monday as they
> had previously scheduled.  Information about those groups may continue
> to be posted here by them.  I'm aware of this co-ordination page
> 
> http://www.boycottadobe.com/pages/rallies.html
> 
> for those who are choosing to continue with these events.
> 
> 
> PLEASE CALL
> -----------
> 
> If you are well-informed about the situation and would like to
> express your opinion, I think the following are appropriate
> recipients:
> 
> (Please remember to avoid any abusive, harassing, or threatening
> messages, which hurt Mr. Sklyarov's cause!)
> 
> * Adobe Systems, Inc.
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/
> 
> * Your U.S. Representative or Senators (if you are in the U.S.)
> 
> http://www.congress.org/
> 
> * The U.S. Embassy, Consulate, or Interests Section for the place
> where you live (if you are not in the U.S.)
> 
> http://usembassy.state.gov/
> 
> * The U.S. Attorney General
> 
> http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/
> 
> * The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
> 
> http://www.usaondca.com/
> 
> * The legal and technical media, and the local media for the place
> where you live -- if they are not yet aware of the situation
> 
> * Your local newspaper (you can write a letter to the editor)
> 
> 
> PLEASE DO NOT CALL
> ------------------
> 
> * The Russian Consulate in San Francisco (they already know about
> the situation!)
> 
> * Media that have already covered the story (unless you have something
> new to add)
> 
> * The U.S. Marshal Service or the Federal Public Defender (they seem to
> have no useful information for the public)
> 
> 
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> 
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> -- 
> Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>  | And do not say, I will study when I
> Temp.  http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/  | have leisure; for perhaps you will
> down:  http://www.loyalty.org/   (CAF)  | not have leisure.  -- Pirke Avot 2:5
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