[sklyarov-chicago] Re: [free-sklyarov] -- OFFICIAL CHICAGO PROTEST INFORMATION --

Peter A. Peterson II pedro@tastytronic.net
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:47:18 -0500


Quoting Len Sassaman:
> I'm not going to tell the Chicago folks how to run their protest, but let
> me state that I firmly believe that the FBI and DoJ are in the wrong in
> this case. Dmitry should never have been arrested. *If* this is an actual
> DMCA violation, it would be Elcomsoft that is to blame, not Dmitry.

I agree with you, substantially. However, our main concern is raising
awareness and outrage regarding the arrest and the DMCA, not pissing off
the sleeping bear.

pedro

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