Well, that's that. We are on hold... But stay on alert. I've been pissed off about the DMCA for a long time and want to take action... Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Edward Craig > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1748] Re: Free Dmitry (fwd) > > > See below, the EFF is looking to hold off a bit, > they're trying to > talk with Adobe... > > -- > Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I > can afford a Free OS) > Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:30:09 -0700 > From: Marc Baber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LANE-GREENS:621] Re: [EUG-LUG:1726] Re: Free Dmitry (fwd) > > Note that the EFF page is now postponing the protest (7/23) > until after > they've met with Adobe representatives. They are urging us > to wait to see if > Adobe will withdraw their complaint after the meeting. > > -Marc > > >From their web page at 1:45pm 7/20: > > PUT THE JULY 23 PROTEST ON HOLD > > Please help us act in good faith and postpone the protest > until we have a > chance to negotiate with Adobe. > > Of course, we can always rekindle the protest if Adobe does > not agree to > withdraw their complaint to the US Department of Justice > regarding Dmitry > Sklyarov and to refuse to pursue further prosecutions under > the DMCA for cases > that should be prevented under fair use provisions of US > copyright law. > > And also, if the US Attorney's office insists on prosecuting > Dmitry without a > current complaint from Adobe, then we will continue protests > directed at them > rather than at Adobe. > > If you still feel that you have to protest on Monday, you are > of course free > to do so. However, it may be a more effective use of our > collective energies > to act in a coordinated way to get Dmitry out of jail. > > Edward Craig wrote: > > > Just a heads up, there will be a demonstration in > Portland Monday > > to protest the arrest of Dmitri Sklyarov. To my surprise, a > number of > > eug-lug people are going to get on the AMTRAK and go up for the > > festivities. (Details from the Electronic Freedom > Foundation on the link > > below...) > > > > -- > > Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can > afford a Free OS) > > Think this through with me, let me know your mind... > Hunter/Garcia > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:01:30 -0700 > > From: Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:1726] Re: Free Dmitry > > > > EFF has a page up... > > > > http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010719_eff_sklyarov_alert.html > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Marc Baber [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Bot Works, Inc. http://www.botworks.com > P.O. Box 12057 > Eugene, OR 97440 Ph: 541-485-8446 FAX: 541-485-4285 >
