[free-sklyarov] Re: UK Free-Sklyarov Mailing List

[Anton Chterenlikht]

Julian T J Midgley wrote:

> I have created a mailing list called 'free-sklyarov-uk' for those of us in
> the UK to use for planning protests, etc.
>
> You can subscribe to the list at:
>
> http://mailman.xenoclast.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov-uk
>
> And you will also find links from there to the list archive page, which
> is, of course, currently completely empty.
>
> Julian Midgley
>
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> Julian T. J. Midgley                    http://www.xenoclast.org
> Cambridge, England.                       PGP Key ID: 0xBCC7863F

I've just spoken to Radio Sheffield. As I suspected, they hadn't got a clue of
what's going on. They sayd:"so.. he was arrested because.. he has.. stolen a
chip or something.. is that true?".

I had only about two minutes to explain my point, I said only about 10% of what
I wanted. Here is what I wanted to say:
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It is obvious for everyone now that Dmitry is absolutely innocent. Adobe said in
their last statement: ⌠Elcomsoft▓s Advanced eBook Processor software is no
longer available in the United States and from that prospective the DMCA
worked■.

This means that all Adobe wanted was to stop the selling of Elcomsoft▓s
software! And to get this they acted like hijackers √ they did not choose the
person responsible for that software (who obviously would be the director of
Elcomsoft (and I▓d like to remind you that there were 3 people from Elcomsoft
attending this conference and among them was the Elcomsoft▓s director)).

So, instead of making the civil case ⌠Adobe vs Elcomsoft■ they▓ve chosen the
most vulnerable person available who was Dmitry (probably if Dmitry would go
there with his family they would arrest his wife and children instead of him!).

They used the power of FBI and created the criminal case ⌠United States vs
Dmitry Sklyarov■.

This is really terrible. The huge power of FBI was used to protect Adobe
financial interests. And this power was used in the most primitive, brutal way √
arrest.

I do not believe that Adobe did not know when they complained to FBI that Dmitry
would be arrested because he is Russian. I do not believe that Adobe lawyers did
not know that Dmitry would not even be released on bail!

I think they knew it and they wanted it! This is pure hypocrisy!

Just think about this: Dmitry is innocent (even Adobe recognised this and
finally, after a strong pressure from many people and organisations around the
world said that he should be released from the federal custody).

Well, I do not need them to know that Dmitry is innocent. I▓ve known him for 10
years now as a bright student at Moscow State Technical University, as a
supportive husband and a father of two young children and as a top-level
researcher in electronic security. He neither has ever been involved in any
⌠hacker-cracker■ groups nor he ever has been involved in any illegal activities.
He is very law-abiding person.

So, he is innocent and.. he is in jail, in a foreign country, with poor English,
far away from his family (his wife Oxana and the two children, son Egor, 2.5
years old and daughter Polina, only 3 mohths old, they have no money to visit
him even if they will be allowed. At present they aren▓t).

There is no reliable information about his whereabouts; no one knows where and
when he▓ll turn out next. And all this because one American software giant did
not like another Russian software company? Is it fair?

How can it be explained that Russian consul still (after 10 days) haven▓t got a
permission to see Dmitry and at the same time one local TV company took an
interview with Dmitry on Friday or even Thursday last week? Isn▓t it
humiliation?

I▓m really very worried about Dmitry especially bearing in mind that
organisations like FBI never admit that they were wrong! No matter what happens
√ they are always right! Now they▓ll try to prove that Dmitry is guilty at all
costs.

I think Adobe is carrying the full responsibility of all this mess. I think they
should pay for the plane tickets for Oxana and her two children so they could
come to the USA and Dmitry could be released on bail.

He is being treated like a very dangerous criminal! This mis-justice must not be
tolerated!

Finally I would like to repeat the words of two of the leading British
scientists.

Alan Cox, the leading developer of Linux operating system said: ⌠With the arrest
of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US
software engineers to visit the United States. While he was undoubtedly chosen
for political reasons as a Russian as a good example for the US public the risk
extends arbitrarily further. Until the DMCA mess is resolved I would urge all
non US citizens to boycott conferences in the USA and all US conference bodies
to hold their conferences elsewhere.■

Ross Anderson, a reader in security engineering at Cambridge University said
that "there is a question whether it will be prudent to hold certain types of
security conferences in the U.S. in the future.(┘) We can't really tolerate a
situation where anyone who breaks a system that embarrasses someone gets served
with a writ."

So there is a real threat for all non USA researchers!! And this is happening
now!!!

All the information is on www.freesklyarov.org

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anton