On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:43:08PM -0700, Black Unicorn wrote:
Adobe's co-founder is easily spooked and Adobe has had it's run-ins with violence before. This event is well publicized and Adobe knows its coming. Draw your own conclusions about how Adobe might prepare. What would you do in Adobe's place? (I know you are suddenly tempted to come up with a witty reply. It's a rhetorical question, smartass).
All this may be true, but it fails to recognize that most geek-protests (and I have covered many) don't result in high turnouts. See this anti-DMCA protest, which drew eight marchers: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/7/dmca-protesters-1.html Perhaps 15 were marching in front of the Supreme Court when the CDA was being heard. Oh, this might be larger, and I suspect it will be. And it makes sense to consider Adobe's mindset. But the Black Bloc (or the Black Panthers) this isn't. -Declan