[free-sklyarov] Adobe dropping charges, US Pressing ahead

[Ilya Volynets]

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On Tuesday 24 July 2001 01:55, Tom wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 11:18:24PM -0700, Klepht wrote:
> >     JO> You might want to talk with some of the G-8 protest
> >     JO> organizations. Explain to them about the DMCA and how it
> >     JO> relates to the WTO and WIPO. Then ask for help.
> >
> > You know what? I'm retracting my previous statement. I'm not going to
> > say we can't bring down a MEGA-GEEK LIGHTNING PROTEST SHIT HAMMER on
> > any party that continues to stand in the way of the freedom of Dmitry
> > Sklyarov.
>
> I am currently torn between two directions that both sound intelligent:
>
> a) ease up on adobe, or they might turn around again. they did
> withdraw, so they should get a cookie for being good boys
I thing this is a way to go. Yes, Adobe only got a single black eye,
and even that is not too black, but the issue at stake is not Adobe
and friends, but rather it is Dmitry. Once he is free, we can start massively
attacking companies that got DMCA through. Or may be we should go little bit
further. Most of people on this list seem to agree that DMCA is root of all
problems. Well, I'd say it goes little bit deeper then that. True problem is that
unti-trust law is not being enforced well enough. M$, for example is still one
corporation, even though they have clearly been abusing all possible laws in
all possible ways. Thus true goal has to be getting corporations where they are
supposed to be -- making our economics spin forward, by being competitive,
and by this makeing everyone (including themselves) happier, rather then
draining all life from individual consumers, and then dying for lack of food.
But that's next, our goal is to free Dmitry first.

> b) full steam ahead, because it's the only way to send a clear message
> to every OTHER corp that is contemplating (ab)use of the DMCA - "no,
> you will NOT get away with a single black eye"

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