[sklyarov-chicago] from Adobe

[Michael Cannon]

Again, you're the boss...but don't you think we should
strike while the iron is hot?

Considering the attention-span of the average
'sheeple' in the American public, we won't GET a
better chance...additionally, the talk is moving to
'amending' and away from REPEALING the DMCA...finally,
the web the Korps have woven includes all of this
illegal stuff:

-EULA - contracts that are illegal in any other
context
-UCITA - protections provided to no other industry
segment (and certain provisions re-inforce the DMCA
and further criminalize Fair Use)
-DMCA - THE monster - not only civil penalties, but
criminal ones...we go to jail, deprived of our freedom

You don't see these folks as evil.  I do.  They are
going to try to get away with anything they can.  They
are spreading this poison to other countries, via WIPO
and corporate influences.  Just because something is a
treaty, doesn't mean we have to ratify it (START, ABM,
the BioWar Protocols, Kyoto).

The government and the Korps are laughing at us, or
can't you hear them?  the EFF is using this to recruit
members.  Adobe is using us, too.  Look at their stock
price.  There IS no such thing as bad publicity.

You are an organizer - THE organizer, IIRC - and I am
simply and civilly disagreeing.  Without escaltion and
noise, we will be ignored and this crap wil continue
to spread.

Adobe, the MPAA, the BSA...all of them are the
problems.  We are the only solution.  We have the
attention of the media and the masses.  It's time to
act!

I will be patient and follow orders/dirctives...but
you need to think about where we take this, Peter, and
how far you are willing to go. THAT is the
responsibility of a leader.

BTW, I destroyed ALL Adobe SW on my corporate and
personal computers at my business and here at home (I
own the business and the computers and software - I am
not advocating damage to others' property!).  My
offices are now declared 'Adobe Free' areas.  No
Acrobat or .pdf files are allowed.  HTML only.  I am
also divesting.  My accountant estimates this will
cost me in excess of $15000 in lost business and
additional work next month.  The divestiture's damage
will be a bit more.  

For those that are interested, the link to all the
Adobe companies is:

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/adobeventures/portfolio.html

Please notice the presence of SendMail (that includes
the 'Free' version...they are the primary developers)
and Aldus.

Finally, has anyone gotten in touch with media, either
PBS, indymedia Chicago, or the TV stations and
newspapers?


Mike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> Quoting Michael Cannon:
> > Tough.  They brought this on themselves, when they
> > pressured Mueller.  Their stock price is
> intimately
> > tied to .pdf and Acrobat.
> 
> I acknowledge that. But I think a protest that is
> focusing on a small
> number of unified goals is better than a group that
> shouts 5 different
> things that to the uninitiated may seem unrelated.
> Also, boycotting
> Adobe right now does not help us meet our immediate
> goals.
> 
> > 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).
> 
> I'm not going to call for civil disobedience, and
> I'm not going to be a
> part of a protest that does -- at least not until
> there is no other way.
> We need to stay focused and stay civil -- getting
> too carried away is
> not going to help matters.
> 
> pedro


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