[free-sklyarov] Adobe, EFF Call for Dmitry Release (fwd)

[James S. Tyre]

At 05:06 PM 7/23/2001 -0700, Jamie Nicolson wrote:
>This is on John Young's cryptome web site:
>
>http://cryptome.org/dmitry-call.htm
>
>Can anyone else confirm this?

Yes.  It went out to EFF's press list before going up on their site, but 
it's there now.

http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/20010723_eff_adobe_sklyarov_pr.html


>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:44:55 -0700
>From: John Young <jya at pipeline.com>
>Reply-To: cypherpunks at ssz.com
>To: cypherpunks at lne.com
>Subject: CDR: Adobe, EFF Call for Dmitry Release
>
> >From a press release today:
>
>---
>
>Adobe Systems Incorporated and the Electronic Frontier
>Foundation today jointly recommend the release of Russian
>programmer Dmitry Sklyarov from federal custody.
>
>Adobe is also withdrawing its support for the criminal
>complaint against Dmitry Sklyarov.
>
>"We strongly support the DMCA and the enforcement of
>copyright protection of digital content," said Colleen
>Pouliot, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for
>Adobe. "However, the prosecution of this individual in
>this particular case is not conducive to the best
>interests of any of the parties involved or the
>industry. ElcomSoft's Advanced eBook Processor
>software is no longer available in the United States,
>and from that perspective the DMCA worked. Adobe will
>continue to protect its copyright interests and those
>of its customers."
>
>--
>
>
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