[free-sklyarov] URGENT: needed, slashdot article!

[C. Scott Ananian]

see below email from hemos.  I tried my hand on an adobe-neutral "23
protests are happening" story and apparently it wasn't good enough.  so fo
for it, guys!  30 minutes before the start of our EST protests!  make sure
to tell people they can come late, just *come*!
 --s

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:25:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: hemos <hemos at slashdot.org>
To: C. Scott Ananian <cananian at lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: free dmitry protests.

Because no one has submitted a good one.



On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, C. Scott Ananian wrote:

> i don't know why slashdot isn't running a 'protests *today*' article.  the
> eff is behind them at this point.  it's pertinent political activism.
> we need the extra slashdot bodies, although it might now be too late.
>
> does it *have* to be anti-adobe in order to be a legitimate protest?
>  --s
>
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Stanton McCandlish (mech at eff.org) wrote:
>
> > FWIW, my suggestion would be to bring anti-Adobe signs as well, and
> > just keep them under wraps unless/until they become called-for in the
> > even Adobe screws us over.
> >
> >
> > At 8:50 AM -0400 on 7/23/01, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Will Doherty wrote:
> > >
> > >> Note: Many protests postponing focus on Adobe until after
> > >> meeting on July 23, focusing on "Free Dmitry" and
> > >> "Reform the DMCA" instead.
> > >
> > > yes.  for what it's worth, the (many!) posters and banners the Boston
> > > group made yesterday don't mention the "a-word" once.  There may well be
> > > some home-grown ones showing up at the protest, but we've chosen to
> > > concentrate entirely on 'fair use' and 'free dmitry' -- this round out.
> > > Let me say, though, that everyone here is *itching* for a knock-down
> > > drag-out adobe fight --- we've got *so many* great poster, logo, etc
> > > ideas!  So the EFF folk should be sure to communicate that in their
> > > negotiations.  If 13 worldwide physical protests is bad, wait till you see
> > > what happens when we unsheath our claws.
> > >
> > > For Boston's part, we've got a *lot* of business press contacts in our
> > > file which are mostly unused this round, since we're concentrating mostly
> > > on civil liberties.  But trust me: the wall street journal and friends
> > > *will* hear about the next round.
> > >   --s
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stanton McCandlish      mech at eff.org       http://www.eff.org/~mech
> > Technical Director/Webmaster         Electronic Frontier Foundation
> > voice: +1 415 436 9333 x105                    fax: +1 415 436 9993
> > EFF, 454 Shotwell St.                    San Francisco CA 94110 USA
> >
> >
>
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