[sklyarov-chicago] from Adobe

[Michael Cannon]

Tough.  They brought this on themselves, when they
pressured Mueller.  Their stock price is intimately
tied to .pdf and Acrobat.

Continue the boycott and expand it to the members of
the BSA, the RIAA, the AAP, and the MPAA.  Call for
civil disobedience...and don't just target the
DMCA...lets go after the whole troika (DMCA, EULA,
UCITA).

dedmike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Don MacAskill
> <free-sklyarov@onethumb.com> -----
> 
> This came across the wire from Adobe today, I
> believe it's being sent to
> all their partners.  In it, they reaffirm their
> statement that
> prosecuting Dmitry isn't the right thing to do. 
> 
> 
> ----
> 
> Monday, Adobe met with officials from the Electronic
> Frontier Foundation
> 
> (EFF) to better understand their concerns and
> explore ways to resolve
> the issues surrounding the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov
> while preserving
> Adobe and its customers' copyrights. This meeting
> covered concerns about
> this case, and while we strongly support the Digital
> Millennium
> Copyright Act (DMCA) and the enforcement of
> copyright protection of
> digital content, prosecuting Mr. Sklyarov in this
> particular case is not
> conducive to the best interests of any of the
> parties involved or the
> industry. It has always been Adobe's goal to have
> ElcomSoft stop selling
> the Advanced eBook Processor software, and this has
> happened.
> 
> As a result of our meeting today, Adobe and the EFF
> issued a joint press
> 
> release recommending the release of Dmitry Sklyarov
> from federal
> custody.  Adobe is also withdrawing its support for
> the criminal
> complaint against
> 
> Mr. Sklyarov. The press release is attached for your
> reference.
> 
> The criminal complaint against Mr. Sklyarov has
> been, and continues to
> be, in the hands of the US Attorney's office and it
> is up to them as to
> how they choose to proceed. While we are not
> interested in supporting
> the prosecution of this case, Adobe will continue to
> protect its
> copyright interests and those of its customers.
> 
> Security is an ongoing effort at Adobe and the
> company is committed to
> strengthening the security of its products.
> Regarding the Acrobat eBook
> Reader, the company continues to make changes to the
> encryption scheme
> of the current version the software. Adobe will
> continue its Web
> surveillance of compromised eBooks in Adobe PDF.
> Reports continue show
> no compromised
> 
> eBooks on FTP, web sites or popular peer-to-peer
> networks.
> 
> In conclusion, Adobe extends its gratitude for your
> patience and
> support.  Adobe strongly believes in copyright
> protection for digital
> content and will continue to support technology
> standards bodies,
> government agencies and publishing industry
> associations in enforcing
> copyright protection on the Internet. We also look
> forward to continuing
> the good work of the digital rights management
> standards group in the
> OeBF (Open eBook Forum) on eBook security and
> encryption issues.
> 
> ---
> 
> 
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