,----[ On Mon, Jul 23, at 07:44PM, John Young wrote: ]-------------- | Adobe Systems Incorporated and the Electronic Frontier | Foundation today jointly recommend the release of Russian | programmer Dmitry Sklyarov from federal custody. | | Adobe is also withdrawing its support for the criminal | complaint against Dmitry Sklyarov. | | "We strongly support the DMCA and the enforcement of | copyright protection of digital content," said Colleen | Pouliot, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for | Adobe. "However, the prosecution of this individual in | this particular case is not conducive to the best | interests of any of the parties involved or the | industry. ElcomSoft's Advanced eBook Processor | software is no longer available in the United States, | and from that perspective the DMCA worked. Adobe will | continue to protect its copyright interests and those | of its customers." `----[ End Quote ]--------------------------- Sadly, this is but a small victory in a big war...The last paragraph makes it even more so. But it is a happy thing nonetheless. Perhaps the protests should/could continue? We are full steam ahead now, why not keep going? --gabe -- "It's not brave, if you're not scared."