[free-sklyarov] An Alternative Line of Argumentation

[Tom]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 01:41:12PM -0400, Izel Sulam wrote:
> I would like to repeat very strongly what my suggestions are for statements 
> to the press tomorrow. Statements to the press should stress that this is a 
> consumer rights issue. Adobe makes a very expensive line of crypto 
> products, and claims that these are secure, and they are not, and this is a 
> fraud and a sham, and Dmitry Sklyarov brought this to the attention of the 
> world, and now Adobe is getting him illegally arrested rather than 
> imporving their products. Adobe is a profit-hungry corporation that has 
> acted in bad faith, fradulently misrepresented the capabilities of its 
> flawed products, and continues to take steps intended to do nothing but 
> salvage its PR image, damn product quality, damn consumer satisfaction. 
> That sort of thing should get a bunch of shareholder and customer class 
> action lawsuits going, and deservedly so.

I couldn't agree more.



> It is alright to also add that the DMCA is a controversial law, but as I 
> pointed out before, I do not believe that this is a battleground on which 
> we can defeat the DMCA. We must concentrate on Freeing Sklyarov here. 

well, I believe the above is the perfect setup. and then, the
conclusion - "all this has been made possible by this new law they
passed, called the D-M-C-A. what a horrible law, isn't it?"


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