[free-sklyarov] A natural ally -- Stephen King?

[Len Sassaman]

I mentioned this a while ago. We don't want to flood him with email.

If you're looking at places to focus your energy, we could use people
writing letters to the AAP members. Seth has a list of the ones who
haven't responded to use yet, I believe.

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Rob McGee wrote:

> Think about it. This is a writer who fought the growing cancer of IP,
> and he did it creatively, offering his fare at a fair, low price. I
> don't know how that went for him, but I just checked his Web site
> ( http://www.stephenking.com/ ) and it said the project is on hold for
> the time being.
>
> I don't know anything about it -- I only vaguely recall hearing about
> him offering a novel free for download, and asking only US$1 or so as
> payment if you liked it. I also thought I had heard he was successful
> with it, but if so, it looks like the IP thugs have figured out a way to
> put him out of business.
>
> Does anyone know more about that project of his? Was it motivated as I
> suspect it might have been, to eliminate the slimy IP weasels of the
> publishing business?
>
> If so, he's our man. If we can get a high-profile popular mainstream
> personality to pick up our banner, we can increase the attention we get.
> Plus, he's loaded with connections to other authors and celebrities.
> Perhaps someone from EFF, or with authority to speak for Dmitri himself,
> should write to him and ask for his support.
>
> Just a suggestion, trying to help ...
>
>     Rob - /dev/rob0
>
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