Check out http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010719_eff_sklyarov_alert.html for full details.
Free Dmitry!
What You Can Do To Help Set Dmitry Sklyarov Free
(Issued: July 17, 2001 / Deadline: July 23, 2001)
Introduction:
MONDAY, JULY 23 - Join programmers, hackers, and civil libertarians
around the world in protesting the arrest of Russian programmer Dmitry
Sklyarov. Dmitry was arrested in Las Vegas on July 16 by the FBI, at the behest of software
giant Adobe Systems Inc., after
presenting a paper on cryptography software he developed in Russia.
A US District Attorney (Dept. of Justice) has filed criminal charges
under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for providing software
that decrypts Adobe eBook files so that their content can be accessed
in ways that Adobe's own software does not provide (e.g. text-to-speech
translation for the blind). We believe that this prosecution is a
reprehensible assault on the free expression rights of programmers
(and ultimately of end users), under a law that will not withstand
constitutional scrutiny.
What YOU Can Do:
ATTEND ONE OF THE MONDAY, JULY 23, 2001 PROTESTS!
Protests are being organized all over the United States, and in Moscow.
If you can make it to one of them, please show up to show your support
for online freedom of expression and for Dmitry Sklyarov!
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring a sign, and/or or a U.S. or Russian flag, and a cell phone if
you have one. Keep signs simple (4 words is ideal) so that they
are easy to read for people passing by.
"Drop the charges" and "Free Dmitry" are examples.
Sample graphics you can use to make signs, stickers, etc.
will be available here soon!
PICK A PROTEST
San Jose Protest
WHEN/WHERE
RALLY AT "THE SNAKE": We will be meeting at 11am PT in downtown San Jose at the
snake sculpture, "Quetzalcoatl", which is at the south end of Cesar
de Chavez Park, at the corner of South Market St. and West San
Carlos St. Cesar de Chavez Park is across San Carlos from the
Hyatt St. Claire Hotel.
From "the Snake" we will walk the two blocks to Adobe together.
TRANSIT
VTA light rail: Take the Santa Teresa/Baypointe line to the
Convention Center stop. Trains run approximately every 10 minutes.
The convention center is on the south side of the street; walk 1/2
block east on W. San Carlos St. to the snake.
Caltrain: Transfer from Caltrain to the Santa Teresa/Baypointe
light rail line at the Tamien station.
VTA light rail schedules:
http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_901.html
DRIVING
Downtown San Jose is easily accessible from US 101, Interstate 280, and
California 87. See the URL below for maps and recommended routes:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?addr=S+Market+St+and+W+San+Carlos+St&csz=San+Jose%2C+CA
PARKING
An inexpensive pay parking lot is available at the San Jose
Convention Center, across San Carlos from the snake sculpture. The
entrance is from Almaden Blvd., one block west.
EVENT CONTACT
Don Marti
dmarti@zgp.org
650-743-8035 (cell)
Free event T-shirts to the first 50-100 attendees. Free Dmitry!
Boston Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Details coming soon
EVENT CONTACT
C. Scott Ananian
cananian@mit.edu
work: 617 253-7710
cell: 617 233-1238
Denver Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Monday, July 23, 2001; other details to be determined at meeting:
7:30pm, Bookend Cafe, Boulder Bookstore, 1115 Pearl @ 11th St.
EVENT CONTACT
Sonja Tideman
sonjat@cs.unm.edu
Chicago Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Details coming soon
EVENT CONTACT
Details coming soon
Seattle Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Details coming soon
EVENT CONTACT
Neale Pickett
neale@woozle.org
206-290-7309
Portland Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Mon., July 23, 2001, 11am PT, at Terry Shrunck Plaza outside the Federal Building,
downtown Portland.
EVENT CONTACT
Jeme A. Brelin
jeme@brelin.net
Reno Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Details coming soon
EVENT CONTACT
Sam Phillips
sam@dasbistro.com
775-843-4114
Moscow Protest
WHEN/WHERE
Details coming soon
EVENT CONTACT
Ilya V. Vasilyev
hscool@netclub.ru
+7 (095) 162-4767
CAMPAIGN FOR AUDIOVISUAL FREE EXPRESSION
This drive to free Dmitry Sklyarov is part
of a larger campaign to empower the creative community in the digital
age by protecting the public's access to and use of audiovisual
technologies.
Check the EFF CAFE campaign website regularly for additional
alerts and news:
http://www.eff.org/cafe/
For more information about the US v. Sklyarov Case see:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/
For yet more information on the DMCA see:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/
About EFF:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties
organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in
1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to
support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information
society. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the
most linked-to Web sites in the world:
http://www.eff.org
Contact:
Will Doherty, EFF Online Activist / Media Relations
wild@eff.org
+1 415 436 9333 x111
Katina Bishop, EFF Offline Activist / Education Dir.
katina@eff.org
+1 415 436 9333 x101
Robin Gross, EFF Staff Attorney / Intellectual Property & Fair Use
robin@eff.org
+1 415 436 9333 x209
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