[sklyarov-chicago] A Reply to the AAP

[Michael Cannon]

Former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder (D-CO) now
runs a little outfit called the American Association
of Publishers (http://www.publishers.org).  They
actively lobbied for the passage of the DMCA and they
are supporting its continuation and opposing its
amendment or repeal.  On Tuesday, they released the
following statement:

QUOTE:
>Subject: RE: Arrest of Dimitri Sklyarov
>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:32:54 -0400
>From: Amy Gwiazdowski <amyg@publishers.org>
>To: "'Andrew Lawrence'"
<ausage@smoke-and-mirrors.net>

>Dear Mr. Lawrence:


>AAP stands by its press release of July 22 supporting
the anticircumvention
>provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA) and commending the
>Department of Justice for acting on its
responsibility to enforce the DMCA
>in the matter of Dmitry Sklyarov.


>In response to those who attempt to justify
circumventing, or trafficking in
>devices that circumvent, encryption and other
technological measures that
>protect copyright in the digital environment, AAP
urges them to carefully
>consider how their arguments would apply to precisely
the same activities in
>connection with encryption and other technological
measures used to protect
>privacy in that same environment.


>Amy Gwiazdowski
>AAP
ENDQUOTE

someone who has MUCH better writing skills than I
replied at:

http://freesklyarov.org/letters/010725-youll.html

with a REALLY good summation of all that is wrong with
the DMCA.

Finally, here is what Congress is thinking about all
of this:

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45522,00.html

They're LAUGHING at us!!!

Here is Adobe's stock price today:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=adbe&d=v1

No such thing as bad publicity, folks!

Now, they roll out a puppet, Rick Boucher (D-VA):

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45548,00.html

In other words, "Let's not make this a test case. 
It's weak and they might use it to overturn the DMCA
or defeat our boys in DoJ and the FBI!"

Meanwhile:

Adobe (who could have opposed Dmitry's entrance into
the country, rather than lobby for his arrest)
continues to climeb on the stock market.  They're
throwing a party for one of their executives as we
speak here!

Ashcroft has announced the creation of 9 more units to
duplicate the one in San Jose, to continue to enforce
these rules and illegal laws.

The EFF and other sites continue to use this to
bolster donations and membership.

...and a young Russian man, with a 3-month old baby
daughter, continues to rot in a holding cell in Las
Vegas, fully 9 days after his illegal arrest and
detention...with a public defender as his only
advocate in a foreign land.

Where is the money GOING????  The money we gave to
EFF, the various sites via PayPal (I gave $100 and
volunteered my lawyer)...I have heard nothing).

...and the laughter and snickers continue in
Washington, San Jose and on Wall Street.

Mike

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