IP: Early ebook publisher's essay on why they should free Dmitri

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:19:15 -0700
>From: Brad Templeton <brad@templetons.com>
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
>Dave, if you are interested for IP, I have put up an essay on the subject
>from my perspective both as EFF chairman and an early-era ebook publisher.
>
>         http://www.templetons.com/brad/free.html
>
>
>
>An eBook Publisher on why the U.S. Attorney should free Dmitry Sklyarov
>
>         There's been a lot of debate about the recent jailing of
>         a young Russian named Dmitry Sklyarov, who helped write a
>         controversial program that used to be sold by his employer,
>         a Moscow company named Elcomsoft.
>
>         This missive will be a bit different from some of the
>         others you've read because I'm an ebook publisher -- one
>         of the first.  In addition, I've made pretty much all the
>         money I've got from publishing copyrighted material online,
>         and I'm a heavy defender of the rights of authors.
>
>         .....



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