Fwd: Adobe should pay for Dmitry Sklyarov's defense

[Tim Schmidt]

Ms. Campbell:

A highly respected member of my local Linux Users Group (www.gllug.org) has 
CCd this message to the group's mailing list.  I have read it, and agree 
entirely.  I pledge to not use Adobe products in any way until Mr..  
Sklyarov is home with his wife and children, and is perhaps compensated for 
his troubles.

Your treatment of Mr.. Sklyarov in this case has not only been an attack on 
personal liberty, but an attack on academic freedom, technological 
advancement, and legitimate peer review.  This kind of behavior simply can 
not and will not be tolerated.

Timothy Edward Schmidt

>From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
>Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu
>To: campbell@adobe.com
>Subject: Adobe should pay for Dmitry Sklyarov's defense
>Date: 27 Jul 2001 21:40:29 -0400
>
>Ms. Campbell:
>
>Now that Adobe has withdrawn its unethical complaint against
>Mr. Dmitry Sklyarov, I suggest that Adobe continue to act in good
>faith by paying for Mr. Sklyarov's defense, including other costs
>that may be incurred during the trial that is apparently to
>continue.  As it was only at Adobe's request that Mr. Sklyarov
>was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned, Adobe should shoulder the
>monetary burden in having him released.
>
>I also suggest that Adobe contributes money toward lobbying for
>repeal of the Digital Millennium "Copyright" Act (DMCA).  This
>law was opposed by numerous consumer groups at the time of its
>introduction as a bill.  This law serves to negate "fair use"
>rights to which Americans are entitled under copyright law.
>
>Until such a time that I feel that Adobe has fulfilled its
>obligations toward Mr. Sklyarov, I will of course continue my
>boycott of Adobe product, including such things as Adobe-branded
>PostScript print engines.  I will also encourage my friends and
>colleagues to boycott Adobe products.  Copies of this letter will
>be circulated among them.
>
>Respectfully yours,
>
>Ben Pfaff
>B.S., Michigan State University, electrical engineering
>Stanford Graduate Fellow, computer science.
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