[Sheflug] Very bad stuff

[Richard Ibbotson <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Dear All

Just got this sent to me via the Sydney LUG in Oz.  I won't say any 
more about it.  I think it speaks for itself ??


So apparently now u.s. copyright law also applies to foreign
 nationals who are visiting here.  i hope the Russian consulate and
 the rest of the world bury these motherfuckers.  down with the
 d.m.c.a!

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On 16 July 2001, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested by
 federal agents in Las Vegas, Nevada. His crime: pointing out major
 security flaws in Adobe PDF and eBook software.  Sklyarov was in Las
 Vegas to present a paper at DefCon on eBooks Security: Theory and
 Practice. In this paper, he disclosed that Adobe's security features
 in their eBook and PDF software was woeful.

By abusing US copyright law to protect their cash-flow, Adobe thus
 joins such illustrious companies as the criminal cult of
 Scientology. This cannot be tolerated.  Adobe's short-sighted attack
 on Elcomsoft has also hurt Dmitry Sklyarov, a skilled security
 specialist who is now locked up in the company of murderers, rapists
 and other assorted common criminals.

Boycott Adobe
http://www.boycottadobe.com/

Free Sklyarov mailing list
http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov/

EFF Press Release
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/20010717_eff_sklyarov_pr.html




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Richard
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