[free-sklyarov] 6 o'clock

[Izel Sulam]

I want to caution protesters not to fall for what Adobe is obviously going 
to do.

I have seen people state that they will wait until around 1 pm, and if 
EFF-Adobe negotiations are still ongoing, that they will protest the US 
Government, but not Adobe.

This is a misguided approach. It lets Adobe off the hook. Clearly, if this 
is how people plan to act, then Adobe has every incentive to waste EFF's 
time until early evening, when reporters and journalists will have lost 
interest in the protests, and then the EFF representatives will be let go 
with nary a result.

That would be a shame. Since Adobe is largely responsible for the chain of 
events leading to Monday's protests, Adobe deserves its 15 minutes of fame 
(infamy) and we will give it to them whether they want it or not.

WE MUST ENSURE THAT ADOBE WILL BE ON MONDAY'S SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.

This is so important that it bears repeating.

WE MUST ENSURE THAT ADOBE WILL BE ON MONDAY'S SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.

One hopes that Adobe will be on the six o'clock news because they will have 
had the foresight to apologize to the EFF, and then publicly to the press, 
and state on the record that they are sorry for what has happened, and that 
they will not cooperate with the DOJ as a witness, and they are retracting 
their complaints, etc. And all this before 1 pm.

But we know that this will never happen.

So we will put Adobe on the six o'clock news ourselves.

How will this happen? By 1 pm, unless we have the aforementioned solid 
result, I strongly suggest that protests go ahead in full force against 
Adobe, the DMCA, and championing the freedom of Dmitry. The consumer rights 
angle should be emphasized above all else. Make this day a Black Monday for 
Adobe. Tell the nation and the world how a profit-hungry corporation based 
on fraud, thuggery, and magic decoders rings will undertake the cruelest, 
vilest, most illegal acts in order to improve their bottom line.

Thanks.
- izel