I agree, I am doing a bit of research to write my letter tonight. Mentioning the DeCSS case against 2600 magazine and the college guy is probably a good idea. Tim Justin Bengtson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i just hope they have a protest on a day that i can feel comfortable taking >off. i hate this kind of thing. you get all worked up and ready to go and >then remember your obligations... sucks. i still think a letter writing >campaign is in order... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Howe [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:26 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [EUG-LUG:1749] Re: Free Dmitry (fwd) >> >> 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 >> >
