Sklyarov, Elcomsoft Plead Not Guilty 484
squared99 writes: "I'm sure it has already flooded slashdot, but Dmitri has entered his plea, not guilty. This NYTimes article talks about it. Not sure I like the mention of bumper stickers, as opposed to the real people who have been protesting, but at least it talks about the support he has been getting. It even appeared as one the main newsworthy item on my daily NYTimes newsletter, Yay! Let's keep up the support and protests. As my brother said to me the other day, "The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them."" See also Elcomsoft's statement about the case, a story in the Boston Globe, and this cute fable about a DMCA future. Update: 08/31 19:37 PM GMT by M : one more link - the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned its programmers not to travel to the United States.
Re:Miscommunication (Score:3, Funny)
Bullies (Score:2, Funny)
I like this Tom Clany quote better:
There are two ways you can deal with bullies
You can shock them; or
you can kill them.
Needless to say there are at least 50000 bullies (ie, industry lobiests) in washington alone, so killing is out. Any great ideas on how to collectively shock them? The sheer logistics are mind bogling, but it would be fun to try 8)
Maskirovka
I don't care that my spelling stinks.
Re:Bullies (Score:2, Funny)
Well, if we keep them in DC, they'll probably get shot anyway.
Re:Miscommunication (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Burning Dmitry (Score:3, Funny)
Funniest thing I've read today.
C-X C-S
Some implications of this & the Oz news (Score:4, Funny)
It follows that:
These sound crazy, don't they? But, really, what's the difference between a South Carolina doctor being convicted of practicing in South Carolina, without a California licence, and some Russian geek being convicted of DMCA "violations" arising from work in Russia?
Well, other than Russia is a lot further away, isn't even part of the US, and other such details. The doctor example I gave would actually be far more reasonable. At least the alleged events would have happened on the same Continent!