[Free-sklyarov-uk] Protests

Julian T J Midgley jtjm at xenoclast.org
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:57:25 +0100 (BST)


On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Richard Kay wrote:

> I think the best way to get the possibility of decent numbers on
> this protest by Saturday is to broaden the issue so that those involved
> in anti WTO activities generally are willing to adopt
> Free-Sklyarov and anti-DMCA as a cause directly connected with theirs,
> rather than this being an issue understood only by a very narrow and
> specialised group of hacktivists. I think some research into UK based
> anti-WTO lists and education there about the WTO extension of
> corporate intellectual property rights might enable a fairly quick
> escalation of support.

This seems emminently sensible - do any of you have contact details for
appropriate organisations.  I'm going to do a web search, and prepare a
letter explaining our position and the purpose of the protests.

Julian

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