It may not be popular to say so, but I am sure that America's
oppression, torture and murder of anyone who opposes its political,
military and economic hegemony is unlikely to be stopped except by the
united military force of the peoples of the world. This may take some
time to arrange. In the meantime, bail seems fair.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mr. Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>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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>> "Besides a mathematical inclination, an
>> exceptionally
>> good mastery of one's native tongue is the most
>> vital
>> asset of a competent programmer." -- Edsger W.
>> Dijkstra
>>
>>
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