The Plan

[Declan McCullagh]

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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