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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Adobe bows to pressure, recommends release of Russia




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Date sent:      	Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:54:50 -0400
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
Subject:        	FC: Adobe bows to pressure, recommends release of Russian hacker
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45489,00.html

   Release the Russian, Adobe Says
   By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
   4:33 p.m. July 23, 2001 PDT

   WASHINGTON -- In a stunning turn of events, Adobe abruptly bowed to
   public outcry and recommended the release of a Russian programmer
   who was arrested for writing code-breaking software.

   Late Monday, Adobe officials said they had changed their minds and
   no longer believed that Dmitry Sklyarov should be prosecuted for
   alleged copyright infringement.

   "We strongly support (federal copyright law) and the enforcement of
   copyright protection of digital content," Colleen Pouliot, general
   counsel for Adobe, said in a statement. "However, the prosecution
   of this individual in this particular case is not conducive to the
   best interests of any of the parties involved or the industry."

   Adobe's announcement came as hundreds of geeks-turned-activists
   protested Sklyarov's arrest in at least 10 cities, with about 100
   marchers descending on the company's San Jose headquarters, and
   representatives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation met with
   Adobe officials to try and broker a deal.

   [...]



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