[wplug] DMCA protest meeting - 2001/08/06.

[Justin Zaun]

I'll be there.
	-- Justin G. Zaun


On 05 Aug 2001 16:08:33 -0400, Bryce Lynch wrote:
> 
> Greetings and salutations.
> 
> On 17 July 2001 at the DefCon 9 conference in Las Vegas, NV, Dimitri
> Sklyarov was arrested as a result of his work on the Advanced eBook
> Processor software by Elcomsoft, which translates the secure eBook formats
> of Adobe Systems, .... into standard PDF files which can then be printed,
> copied, and spoken via text-to-speech systems.  This software was designed
> to be used upon legitimately purchased eBook files in accord with the laws
> of Free Use.
> 
> Adobe Systems has retracted its complaint against Mr. Sklyarov, but the
> United States Department of Justice has not dropped its charges against
> him.  We are gathering outside of the Federal Building in downtown
> Pittsburgh at 11:30am EDT on Monday, 6 August 2001 to protest the
> incarceration and prosecution of Mr. Sklyarov, and to alert the public to
> the threat to free speech and free code which results from the Digital
> Millennium Copyright Act.  Please join us tomorrow.
> 
> Thank you,
> Bryce A. Lynch
> SysOp, The Crystal Chantry
> Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation
> 
> relevant links:
> 	http://www.freesklyarov.org/
> 	http://www.eff.org/
> 	http://www.anti-dmca.org/
> 	http://www.freedmitry.org/
> 
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