This is true, of course. It's true in much the same way that a GOP administration/Congress is good for lefty groups in the sense that they can raise more money, and the converse when the Dems are in charge. Setup? Not a chance. The Feds don't like test cases unless they can win them. I wrote what I think is an interesting piece that'll be up on Wired tomorrow about what Congress thinks of the DMCA. Hint: They like it, and aren't gonna change it. -Declan On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 03:57:41PM -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote:
Tasteless as it may sound (but this is home of cypherpranks anyway), it seems that Sklyarov's arrest advanced the anti-DMCA case more than anything else.
And it will continue to advance it as long he remains in jail.
Almost as if the whole thing was a clever setup. And it works. If feds release him they will prove that they are a corporate police in very clear terms. If they do not release him DMCA is facing a very real challenge.
So I'd like to congratulate to whoever has masterminded this in Adobe. Excellent job. And when DMCA collapses the author should get public recognition.
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