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FC: Adobe offers to meet, EFF calls off Monday "free Dmi

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 16:16:18 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> To: politech@politechbot.com Copies to: wild@eff.org Subject: FC: Adobe offers to meet, EFF calls off Monday "free Dmitry" protest Send reply to: declan@well.com

[Though it's not clear that all the protesters around the U.S. will stay home. Some appear to be upset enough to gather anyway. Which is probably a good strategy if Adobe doesn't agree to withdraw their complaint. --Declan]

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From: Will Doherty <wild@eff.org> Subject: [free-sklyarov] Adobe Will Talk! July 23 Sklyarov Protest on Hold Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:51:12 -0700

Congratulations folks!

The pressure we all have put on Adobe has resulted in an agreement to meet with representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on this Monday morning, July 23.

For that reason, EFF has decided to:

PUT THE JULY 23 PROTEST ON HOLD

Please help us act in good faith and postpone the protest until we have a chance to negotiate with Adobe.

Of course, we can always rekindle the protest if Adobe does not agree to withdraw their complaint to the US Department of Justice regarding Dmitry Sklyarov and to refuse to pursue further prosecutions under the DMCA for cases that should be prevented under fair use provisions of US copyright law.

And also, if the US Attorney's office insists on prosecuting Dmitry without a current complaint from Adobe, then we will continue protests directed at them rather than at Adobe.

If you still feel that you have to protest on Monday, you are of course free to do so. However, it may be a more effective use of our collective energies to act in a coordinated way to get Dmitry out of jail.

I am writing a media release to this effect as soon as I sent this email to you... wanted you all to know first.

Free Dmitry,

Will Doherty Online Activist / Media Relations Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Web http://www.eff.org

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