> Dmitry was arrested under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- a US
> law that does not apply in his native Russia -- for creating a
> "circumvention device."
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports of individuals selling and trading DVD-Rs
containing the entire suite of Adobe products at DefCon doubtlessly cost
Adobe hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I know it's technically illegal," said trader who identified himself as
'GreezyPlatypus', "But it's certainly faster than downloading Photoshop,
Premier, Acrobat, After Effects, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, LiveMotion,
and Pagemaker from Morpheus! Have you ever tried it? They have recoverable
multiple-source War3z [sic] downloads for free and no porno banners! Except
if you want to count the Pitney-Bowes one..."
Adobe officials quickly responded, "Yes, we know that rampant, massive
pirating of our leet warez occurs on virtually ever P2P file-sharing
protocol, system, whatever out there. Even jewel-traders at so-called
'security' gatherings cost us money. We just expect it to happen because of
the quality of our applications. In order to combat this, Adobe has struck
an accord with Microsoft to utilize their Bug Development team to reduce the
quality and stability of our products. We feel this is a positive move which
will not only combat piracy but bring the applications into compliance with
Microsoft's soon-to-be-released "BSOD OnDemand" and "Exceptional Unhandled
Exceptions!" Windows components."
When asked about the timing and possible motive behind the arrest of Dmitry
Sklyarov, "Well..., we have no direct ties to the FBI or US Department of
Justice but it sure was handy to arrest him here instead of trying to
convince the Russian government to turn over a citizen for performing
activities in his country that are legal in his country. We also have six
Libyan assasination squads hunting that DAMN Ivanopulo-or-howeveryouspellit
guy and the GIMP developers hiding the ported Windows source under the
cauldron at Three Mile Island. Adobe investors can rest assured we will
exhaust all options legal, illegal, and both moral and immoral to maximize
our profit margins."
--
W. Eric C. Ferguson
Owner, PressTech
Belt Press Design and Manufacture
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