[Free-sklyarov-uk] Flyer

[Julian T. J. Midgley]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Anthony Fisher wrote:

> 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".

Some useful ideas there - I'm going to continue gathering people's
thoughts, and then redo the flyer some time this evening.

Julian


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