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Sklyarov Bail Hearing Monday
mr_don't writes: "I just saw that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has just posted an Action Alert entitled "What YOU Can Do To Help Set Dmitry Sklyarov Free"
... Around 11am on August 6, 2001, at the San Jose Federal Building, Dmitry is set to have another bail hearing in front of Magistrate Judge Edward A. Infante. Protests are planned to coincide with the hearing. I hope as many people as possible can come to the demonstration... Help the EFF pack the courtroom during the hearing." A short article in the Mercury News mentions the hearing too, as well as the half-million dollar, five-year penalty that could be imposed.
Nice try, but wrong.
Cars are not designed with the express purpose of breaking the law.
His software WAS designed PURELY to do something illegal.
That's quite a difference there, but hey - don't let logic get in the way of your kneejerk rant, eh?
Oh, and I *loved* your wholly irrelevant referrence to "text-to-speech for the blind" - they are ALREADY catered for, fully legally, by the existing products.
Oh dear - 2 out of 2 wrong for you there, meldroc. Never mind, I'm sure I'll be modded down sdo you won't have to read views which contradting the slashdot mentality...
People should not be afraid of their governments - Governments should be afraid of their people.
While I'm sure that the protest will generate all kinds of warm and fuzzy feelings in the radical /. camps, I fail to see how they will get any attention other than "Hey, look at all the nerds." The bulk of the population still does not understand the issues involved and will just write the whole thing off as "another protest, but these ones dress funny." Marches, chants and signs? Most of the press doesn't 'get it' and will only cover it if
- someone does something icredibly stupid (therefore newsworthy), or
- someone can actually get the point across that the DMCA is a horrible piece of legislation.
But c'mon - a protest? I would have expected something a little more creative from theAs far as the general population is concerned, the case involves a "Russian hacker". That's all they need to know and they will tune in to the new and improved CNN for the sentencing details and patiently await the feature-length movie or game-show style punishment.
one better than mcleodeight
This person got arrested for making software thats purpose was to break copyrighted material. He also has developed spamware.
What exactly do you think is wrong with his arrest?
The point, my friend, is that he wrote a program to enable other people to use something they hadn't paid for.
He broke the law AND he profited from it by selling the software making it easier for people to steal.
Get a grip, folks!
People should not be afraid of their governments - Governments should be afraid of their people.