Adobe's Teeth. (Was: Re: [free-sklyarov] Re: Rallies on Monday)

[Black Unicorn]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Declan McCullagh" <declan at well.com>
To: "Black Unicorn" <unicorn at schloss.li>
Cc: "Subcommander Bob" <bob at black.org>; <cypherpunks at cyberpass.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Adobe's Teeth. (Was: Re: [free-sklyarov] Re: Rallies on
Monday)


> 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.

Is the glass half empty, half full or 100% in excess of optimum volume, Mr.
McCullagh?