[free-sklyarov] Progress report

[Charles Eakins]

Well said Seth!

-----Original Message-----
From: free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net
[mailto:free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net]On Behalf Of Seth David Schoen
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:30 PM
To: free_sklyarov
Subject: Re: [free-sklyarov] Progress report


Huy Vam writes:

> Starting Thursday night, Adobe has been the tagret of massive virus
attack.
> Glad to tell you, their intranet is pretty much in disarray right now.

If this fact is mentioned at Dmitry Sklyarov's bail hearing, it could
hurt his chances for favorable bail conditions.

In addition, it will allow Adobe to say to the FBI "Look!  Look!
Those evil hackers are all trying to hurt us!  You've got to crack
down on them!".

Contrast this message with the more factual

	A programmer allowed consumers to regain their traditional
	fair use rights in the face of publishing industry efforts
	to prevent or impose royalties on legal uses; Adobe used a
	new law to get the programmer thrown in prison!

Which of these is true?  Which helps Sklyarov more?  Which one will
the public and the government believe, if Adobe's network actually
starts getting attacked?

Attacking Adobe's network will never make Adobe more willing to
negotiate, more aware of the evils of the DMCA, or more open to the
realization that Sklyarov is not a criminal.  It will, on the other
hand, prevent them from reading all the mail about how their own
customers are abandoning the Adobe product lines.

--
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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