No, don't free him. Fight the legal battle instead,
although letting him out on bail for the dubious crime
of breaking some pretty basic encryption might be in
order.
Frankly I think this case is just crying out for some
EFF legal battle.
--- "Mr.Bad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer arrested by
> the FBI at Def Con
> on July 16th after giving a talk on security holes
> in Adobe System's
> eBook software. He's also the author of a piece of
> software that
> allows legitimate purchasers of eBooks to exercise
> fair use rights,
> like making backups of a file or reading it on an
> unsupported platform
> (like Linux).
>
> 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." He's been held without bail
> and apparently is
> out of contact of his family and friends in Russia.
>
> The EFF is organizing protests against Sklyarov's
> arrest on Monday,
> July 23, 2001 at US Federal buildings, embassies,
> and Adobe Systems
> offices world-wide. If you're interested in
> participating, please
> check this URL:
>
>
>
http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010719_eff_sklyarov_alert.html
>
> I think Freenet people know that liberty has
> technological
> solutions. But we should also remember that there's
> offline actions
> that need to be done, too. So please take a minute
> and do what you can
> to help get Dmitry out of jail and back to his wife
> and family.
>
> ~Mr. Bad
>
> P.S. Yes, I'm still working on 0.3-0.4 merge. B-)
>
> --
>
>
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> exceptionally
> good mastery of one's native tongue is the most
> vital
> asset of a competent programmer." -- Edsger W.
> Dijkstra
>
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