[ale] DMCA Protests

[jonathan at xcorps.net (Jonathan Rickman)]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jim Philips wrote:

> Reports this morning are that Adobe has formally asked the FBI to stop
> prosecution of Sklyarov. I don't know how much weight that will have with
> the FBI. But at least it is clear that Adobe sees this as a public relations
> disaster for them. It was a big leap backwards to make a criminal case under
> the DMCA. Earlier cases were filed as civil cases.

While this is certainly good news for Mr. Sklyarov, the damage is done. He's
spent days in jail. The message is clear. Under the DMCA, the little guy gets
locked in a cage...

Before, the big corporations could strongarm little guys with threats of
litigation. When they realized that not everyone would back down from these
threats, they sent their lobbyists to Washington. Now, they can have you thrown
in jail.

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I wonder if I could be thrown in jail for posting that.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net



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