Adobe, EFF Call for Dmitry Release

[Jon Beets]

Sounds to me like Adobe doesn't really like the bad press. When will these
companies understand that all this is going to do is cause the programmers
to write even more adobe cracking programs and make them available all over
the net.  They cannot stop it....

Jon Beets
Pacer Communications


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Young" <jya at pipeline.com>
To: <cypherpunks at lne.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:44 PM
Subject: Adobe, EFF Call for Dmitry Release


> >From a press release today:
>
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> 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."
>
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