EFFector       Vol. 14, No. 16       July 27, 2001     [email protected]

  A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation     ISSN 1062-9424

   In the 176th Issue of EFFector (now with over 28,000 subscribers!):

    * EFF Rejoins "Free Dmitry" Protests After Meeting with US
      Attorney's Office
    * Adobe, Electronic Frontier Foundation Call for Release of Russian
      Programmer Dmitry Sklyarov
    * Join EFF in Fundraising Dinner with Ed Felten, Washington, D.C.,
      Aug. 15.
    * Attention Musicians: Sign up to Play at EFF's Share-In Music
      Festival
    * Administrivia

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EFF Rejoins "Free Dmitry" Protests

 After Meeting with US Attorney's Office

   For Immediate Release: July 27, 2001

   Contact:

    Robin Gross, EFF Staff Attorney - Intellectual Property,
      +1 415-436-9333 x112,
      [email protected]

  [NOTE: Will Doherty will be out of the office until
  August 8, so please direct media requests to Robin
  or to [email protected]]

  San Francisco, CA - Representatives of the Electronic Frontier
  Foundation (EFF) met with representatives of the U.S. Attorney's
  office in San Francisco today. There was a productive dialog, however
  the U.S. Attorney's office did not agree to drop the prosecution
  against Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov.

  "The people from the U.S. Attorney's office heard our concerns and
  asked probing questions about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act,"
  explained EFF's Executive Director Shari Steele. "However, they did
  not give any indication of their plans for Dmitry, so we encourage
  everyone to keep up the pressure and join the protests."

  Having explored good faith negotiations, the Electronic Frontier
  Foundation rejoins the call for nonviolent protests worldwide to
  secure the immediate release of Dmitry Sklyarov and drop all criminal
  charges against him.

  A protest is already scheduled in San Francisco for 11:30am this
  coming Monday, July 30, at the Federal Courthouse at 450 Golden Gate
  Ave. Additional July 30th protests are scheduled in Los Angeles,
  Boston, Chicago, and Minneapolis, and future protests will likely
  occur in 25 or more cities worldwide in coming weeks.

  For the latest information on the Sklyarov case, including media
  releases and legal filings, updated on a regular basis, see:
    http://www.eff.org/Legal/Cases/US_v_Sklyarov/

  For information on related DMCA cases, see:
  &nbps; http://www.eff.org/Legal/Cases/Felten_v_RIAA/
    http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/

  Two sites that are organizing protests:
    http://www.freesklyarov.org/
    http://www.freedmitry.org/

  To join the free-sklyarov mailing list, see:
    http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov/

 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/

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Adobe, Electronic Frontier Foundation Call for Release

 of Russian Programmer Dmitry Sklyarov

   Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

   For Immediate Release: July 23, 2001

   Contact for EFF:

    Robin Gross, EFF Staff Attorney - Intellectual Property,
      [email protected],
      +1 415-436-9333 x112

   Contact for Adobe:

    Holly Campbell, Senior Corporate Public Relations Manager,
      [email protected],
      +1 408-536-6401

  San Jose, Calif. - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) and the
  Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today jointly recommend the
  release of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov from federal custody.

  Adobe is also withdrawing its support for the criminal complaint
  against Dmitry Sklyarov.

  "EFF praises Adobe for doing the right thing," said Shari Steele, EFF
  Executive Director. "We are pleased to see that Adobe has lived up to
  the high standard of integrity that has made the company successful.
  While we don't agree on every detail of the Digital Millennium
  Copyright Act (DMCA), we look forward to working together with Adobe
  to secure Dmitry's immediate release."

  "We strongly support the DMCA and the enforcement of copyright
  protection of digital content," said Colleen Pouliot, Senior Vice
  President and General Counsel for Adobe. "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. ElcomSoft's
  Advanced eBook Processor software is no longer available in the United
  States, and from that perspective the DMCA worked. Adobe will continue
  to protect its copyright interests and those of its customers."

  Sklyarov was arrested July 16 on a criminal complaint filed by the
  U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California under the DMCA.
  ElcomSoft is the Moscow-based company employing Sklyarov.

 About Adobe Systems Incorporated

  Adobe Systems Incorporated ( http://www.adobe.com ) builds award
  winning software solutions for Network Publishing, including Web,
  print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic design,
  imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create,
  manage and deliver visually-rich, reliable content. Headquartered in
  San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second largest PC software company in
  the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion.

 About the Electronic Frontier Foundation

  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 websites in the world:
    http://www.eff.org/

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Join EFF in Fundraising Dinner with Ed Felten

 Washington, D.C., Aug. 15.

  Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation in celebration of the
  presentation of Professor Ed Felten's Reading Between the Lines:
  Lessons from the SDMI Challenge at the USENIX Security Symposium on
  August 15th, 2001! Come and meet Professor Felten, his research team,
  and legal team, and support EFF's legal battle to get this paper
  presented. We will be dining at the prestigious Red Sage restaurant
  after the panel discussion on SDMI/DMCA, which runs from 6:30 - 7:00
  on the evening of August 15th.

  The Red Sage is just around the block from the J.W. Marriott Hotel. We
  will be gathering in the Continental room at 7:30, and dinner will
  begin at 8:00.

  Come support the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in defending our
  rights to think, speak, and share our ideas, thoughts, and needs using
  new technologies!

  Based in San Francisco, EFF is a donor-supported membership
  organization working to protect our fundamental rights regardless of
  technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public
  about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a
  defender of those liberties. Among our various activities, EFF opposes
  misguided legislation, initiates and defends court cases preserving
  individuals' rights, launches global public campaigns, introduces
  leading edge proposals and papers, hosts frequent educational events,
  engages the press regularly, and publishes a comprehensive archive of
  digital civil liberties information at one of the most linked-to
  websites in the world: http://www.eff.org.

  There are only 25 spots left, so sign up early! Contact Contact Katie
  by email at [email protected] or by phone at +1 415-436-9333 x104 to
  reserve a spot. The price of admission to the celebration with the
  Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ed Felten, his research team, and the
  legal team is $250, which includes dinner and wine at the legendary
  Red Sage restaurant.
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Attention Musicians: Sign Up to Play

 at EFF's Share-In Music Festival

    EFF Unplugged: Music Share-In
    Saturday, September 8, 2001
    Stanyan Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (Corner of Haight
    and Stanyon)
    2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) would like to invite you to
  participate in an open air concert event for everyone who loves music.
  EFF Unplugged will feature musicians from around the Bay Area
  performing acoustically in Golden Gate Park. Artists participating in
  this event will permit recording of their performances by those in
  attendance in support of EFF's Open Audio License (OAL).

  The OAL was developed to help artists share their work with others
  without giving up the recognition they deserve for creating the art.
  Based on the open source and free software initiatives for software
  development, the open audio license encourages artists to share with
  one another and their fans and to build upon the works of others.

  Adoption of the OAL does not mean that an artist does not get
  compensated for his or her work. On the contrary--the OAL permits
  artists to share single tracks or performances, with recognition, that
  could lead to sales of additional music. EFF is extremely sensitive to
  supporting new models of music distribution in the digital world that
  see more money going to the artists themselves. One of the great
  qualities of the Internet is that packaging and distributing music,
  which is where most of the money is currently spent by record
  companies, is trivial. EFF is committed to developing tools that
  empower artists to take control over their own art and to be
  compensated appropriately for their works.

  EFF believes that many of the laws and technologies being developed
  today to protect intellectual property actually harm the public's
  First Amendment and fair use rights and make criminals of people doing
  perfectly legitimate things. We are striving to help artists realize
  the full potential of the Internet for reaching their fans by
  challenging restrictive laws in courtrooms and through public
  education events, like this one.

  In addition to several stages of acoustical music, the Share-In will
  showcase numerous artist booths, where musicians can sell their music
  and merchandise to the public. In addition, there will be booths
  hosted by EFF and outside sponsors, including artists' rights
  organizations and independent labels. For more information about
  participating in EFF's Music Share-In, contact:

    Katina Bishop, EFF Director of Education and Offline Activism,
      +1 415-436-9333 x101,
      [email protected]

  Information about EFF's Open Audio License is available at:
    http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/

  EFF is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect
  rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages
  and challenges everyone 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 websites in the
  world at:
    http://www.eff.org/
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