I hope you are right. The current attitude in this country that whatever a large corporation says is law scares the shit out of me... We have the most gullible and sheepish intellectual middle class in the world. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Patrick R. Wade > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 12:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1679] Re: Free Dmitry Sklyarov - Fight DMCA > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 12:03:33AM -0700, larry a price wrote: > >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I think the worst part, and the part that almost anyone can > understand is > >that he's being arrested for giving a speech to his > professonial peers, > >discussing methods and practices in a public forum. All of > the hogwash > >about selling software etc. doesn't wash because he isn't > the executive of > >the business in question, he's an employee. It's deeply > ironic that we're > >doing this to a russian though. > > Is it possible that he had a hand in his own arrest? Sort of > like the the > academics who withdrew the paper on digital watermarking, > shouting about > their fears of being sued under the DMCA? This guy's case is > not perfect, > but it's a pretty good one if you want to get the DMCA thrown out... > > -- > A full height 19" rack with a glass door looks very out of place > when it's all alone. Sort of like a perverted shrine to the > God of Blinkenlights. > - Pim van Riezen, in the Monastery >
