[free-sklyarov] Support for the Association of American Publishers

[Peter]

more like an uber-major-troll.
I tryed a couple searchengines and didn't find anything.
Peter


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>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:45 -0400
>To: John Zenger <dcm_america at yahoo.com>
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>Subject: Re: Support for the Association of American Publishers
>Cc: amyg at publishers.org, ausage at smoke-and-mirrors.net, simons at acm.org,
>pfir at vortex.com, lauren at pfir.org, neumann at pfir.org
>
>Seems like a troll to me.
>
>* What authentic coalition does not list its members?
>* What authentic press release does not give telephone contacts?
>* What authentic coalition does not show up in a Google search?
>* What authentic press release would call Adobe an "electronic
publishing
>company," when they're primarily a software vendor?
>
>Perhaps the position this "coalition" is internally consistent -- I'd
>grant that -- but this particular effort seems as real as some of
>Microsoft's astroturf efforts.
>
>-Declan
>
>
>At 05:09 AM 7/29/01 -0700, John Zenger wrote:
>>Press Release
>>For Immediate Release
>>
>>Decency Coalition for Media in America supports
>>Association of American Publishers in Sklyarov Piracy
>>Case.
>>
>>Washington, DC. The Decency Coalition for Media in
>>America (DCM America) today announced its strong
>>support for the prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov for
>>piracy of intellectual media.  Sklyarov developed and
>>illegally disseminated methods for pirating electronic
>>books published by Adobe, a well-known electronic
>>publishing company.
>>
>>"The ownership of property, particularly intellectual
>>property, is the foundation of American liberty." said
>>John Zenger, the Coalition's founder and Executive
>>Director.  "To deprive a creator of intellectual
>>property of the benefits of their creativity is to
>>strike at the economic root of that creativity and to
>>insure the certainty of its destruction." Zenger
>>added. "The Coalition defends the rights of authors
>>and publishers, indeed of all owners and creators of
>>intellectual property, to derive the benefits of their
>>property and strongly deplores the efforts of those
>>who would seek to deny or diminish those benefits.
>>Without the right to control the dissemination of
>>their works, owners and creators of intellectual
>>property, or information of any kind, will lose their
>>incentive for creativity.  That would be a crushing
>>blow to the American economy."
>>
>>-----
>>
>>The Decency Coalition for Media in America is
>>dedicated to promoting the security of ownership and
>>the responsibility for content of intellectual
>>property in America. The coalition believes that
>>responsible publication by reputable publishers is the
>>foundation of American liberty and that neither
>>responsibility nor reputation can be assured without
>>insuring the rights of authors and publishers to their
>>intellectual property. The Coalition welcomes comments
>>to its discussion group at
>>
>>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dcmamerica.
>>
>>All submissions become the property of the Coalition.
>>
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