[Free-sklyarov-uk] Re: DMCA and European Union Copyright Directive
Anton Chterenlikht
a.chterenlikht at sheffield.ac.uk
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:54:29 +0100
Hi Kristina,
Thanks for your support. We are holding a protest at the US embassy on Friday
3 August. All information is at
http://www.xenoclast.org/freesklyarov/
and
http://www.xenoclast.org/free-sklyarov-uk/2001-July/thread.html
Thanks again
anton
Kristina Pfaff-Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Anton Chterenlikht wrote:
>
> > I've found your email by searching people on the net who deal with
> > copyright or intellectual property issues.
>
> Hi! I'm afraid that my only real connection with copyright issues is an
> article I once wrote for the Internet TESL Journal, but if you want my
> opinion, I'll be glad to give it.
>
> > Could you please read the information related to this case (you can
> > find this information for example at the links above) and send me or
> > at free-sklyarov-uk at xenoclast.org (this is the address of the UK Free
> > Sklyarov mailing list) your opinion about this story.
>
> I'm aware of Dmitry's case -- I've been following it on Slashdot and other
> places, and it's horrible. It's a perversion of the original intent of US
> copyright laws. It's also amazing to me that one can be arrested in the
> US for something legal that one did in their own country! This whole thing
> is unbelievable to me.
>
> I have written to the Governor of Nevada, and Nevada's congressmen and
> senators, asking them to support freeing Skylarov. This is a sad, sad
> time.
>
> Kristina