Pardon me, a non member, for barging into your mailling list, but time is short and you may wish to seriously consider the huge flap that has arisen during the last few days since the arrest of Dmitry Skylarov on charges of felony violation of the Digital Mellenium Copyright Act. See http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-skylarov for a starting point in gathering the facts. Briefly, Dmitry, is a 27 year old Russian programmer, married and the father of two small children, who is being held incommunicado by the DOJ after being arrested by the FBI at DEFCON in Las Vegas. If any of you are attending the OSCON in San Diego then you may want to attend a meeting to discuss the issues surrounding Dmitry's case. For those who might be intrested, I suggest that all those concerned with this issue who are in San Diego by Sunday evening can meet at say: 8:00 PM in the Lobby Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego, California 92101 This is really a natural place for old friends attending the OSCON to meet first anyway. We just hold up a few "FREE DMITRY" signs and then self-organize from there. If it is crowd then we will find a place to take it. Hotels have plenty of places for crowds. I am not a member of this list so send me any replies directly by private mail. Regards, Bob La Quey Free Dmitry http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/free-sklyarov
