[Free-sklyarov-uk] New leaflet/info page

Anton Chterenlikht a.chterenlikht at sheffield.ac.uk
Sun, 05 Aug 2001 20:16:12 +0100


Dear all,

I was speaking with Alex Katalov recently. He said that because the case will
probably  (unfortunately) reach the jury, it is still very important to create the
positive public opinion about Dmitry. So, we are doing something really important.

Also he said that it would be very good if we (someone) could inform French
people. The main issue for them is that the prosecution will try to claim that the
crime was committed under the usa jurisdiction because the website through which
Elcomsoft was distributing their soft was registered in the USA. So, in simple
words, they want to make all internet American.

French people were opposed to the "Americanisation" of the internet since the very
beginning of it. They are already very annoyed by the American attitude towards
the non-american net users. And sometimes they proved they can get what they want.
I know at least one example: they stopped nazi auctions through yahoo in France.

Well, you probably know these things better than me. Probably I mix different
issues together. Anyway if someone have any contacts with French computer people,
could you please let them know about this case.

With any questions regarding this you can ask Alex Katalov directly at
akatalov at elcomsoft.com

anton