[Free-sklyarov-uk] Placards, flyers, legal specifics...

[Martin Ling]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 02:17:56PM +0100, Richard Simpson wrote:
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> iii)  Any particular ideas for placards?

I reiterate:

"IF YOU CAN READ THIS, GO TO JAIL", written in mirror writing - the more
I consider it, the more it seems ideally effective. I suspect it will
immediately attract people's attention and cause them to inquire about
the protest. It also helps us raise the point of how *utterly* trivial
the 'encryption' involved was, and hence the dubious state of the DMCA
in relation to legitimate security work.

Also, to all: I strongly recommend Bruce Schneier's piece on the matter:
http://cryptome.org/dmitry-bruce.htm - in particular, the note that
provisions made in the DMCA itself to allow for security/encryption
testing and research [as in Sklyarov's case], as well as for reverse
engineering for interoperability purposes [as in the DeCSS case] are
present and *IGNORED*.

Look around pages 8-9 and related sections of the DMCA:

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/hr2281.pdf

Regardless of the dubious constitutional status of the DMCA, we have
strong grounds for demanding Dimitry's release on his innocence alone
rather than seeking repeal of the DMCA - especially with strong
suspicion the fairness of trial will be in question (denied bail
hearing, and now a pawn in a political situation).

Oh, and for purposes of numbers: I'm coming.


Martin