[Free-sklyarov-uk] Flyer

Anthony Fisher aef at cloudband.com
Wed, 01 Aug 2001 14:03:19 +0100


Richard Kay wrote:

> In this sense it is fair comment and necessary for us
> to proclaim Dmitry's innocence and demand his immediate release.

 Fair point.

 Some random suggestions, and they may well be rubbish, but:

 * Can we get the word 'victim' into the first sentence, and
   maybe drop the mention of "software development" (I would
   expect tech savvy people to already know about this, and
   the general public not to care too much)? Maybe we can also
   adjust the language slightly to give an impression of big
   bully Adobe preventing people from using Braille terminals.

 * Maybe mention again in the text that it was the FBI who
   arrested him and refer to him as a "software engineer" (or
   whatever). Hopefully give an impression of the FBI vs an
   engineer, rather than America vs Dmitry, international
   super-villain :)

 * At the top, extend the list of events by putting "On
   <date> Adobe filed a complaint" (or whatever) at the
   beginning and "On <Friday's date> Dmitry Sklyarov is
   still in <name of jail> jail".

 As I said, just random ideas.

 Anthony Fisher