Re: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!
--- Roger Hayter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. Believe it or not, some americans aren't too crazy about the way our government throws it's weight around (esp, the current administration). Those americans who have lived in other countries and read the real news, instead of the highly filtered versions that make it to the american papers realize that our country often acts like a spoiled bully trying to get it's way at the expense of others. __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
Re: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!
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-) -- ~ Mr. Bad [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Pigdog Journal | http://pigdog.org/ ~ 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 ~ ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat -- Roger Hayter ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
Re: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!
Here's the slide presentation he gave at Def Con: freenet:KSK@text/postscript/defcon.ps.bz2 On Thursday 19 July 2001 08:44 pm, you 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-) ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
RE: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!
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. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports of individuals selling and trading DVD-Rs containing the entire suite of Adobe products at DefCon doubtlessly cost Adobe hundreds of thousands of dollars. I know it's technically illegal, said trader who identified himself as 'GreezyPlatypus', But it's certainly faster than downloading Photoshop, Premier, Acrobat, After Effects, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, LiveMotion, and Pagemaker from Morpheus! Have you ever tried it? They have recoverable multiple-source War3z [sic] downloads for free and no porno banners! Except if you want to count the Pitney-Bowes one... Adobe officials quickly responded, Yes, we know that rampant, massive pirating of our leet warez occurs on virtually ever P2P file-sharing protocol, system, whatever out there. Even jewel-traders at so-called 'security' gatherings cost us money. We just expect it to happen because of the quality of our applications. In order to combat this, Adobe has struck an accord with Microsoft to utilize their Bug Development team to reduce the quality and stability of our products. We feel this is a positive move which will not only combat piracy but bring the applications into compliance with Microsoft's soon-to-be-released BSOD OnDemand and Exceptional Unhandled Exceptions! Windows components. When asked about the timing and possible motive behind the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov, Well..., we have no direct ties to the FBI or US Department of Justice but it sure was handy to arrest him here instead of trying to convince the Russian government to turn over a citizen for performing activities in his country that are legal in his country. We also have six Libyan assasination squads hunting that DAMN Ivanopulo-or-howeveryouspellit guy and the GIMP developers hiding the ported Windows source under the cauldron at Three Mile Island. Adobe investors can rest assured we will exhaust all options legal, illegal, and both moral and immoral to maximize our profit margins. -- W. Eric C. Ferguson Owner, PressTech Belt Press Design and Manufacture ___ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
