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                               Free Sklyarov! 
                                       
                       Free Dmitry resources for Boston
                                       
                                  Coming up:
                                       
Thursday, Aug 30: Protest in front of Boston Public Library

   NOON, in Copley Square. Across from the Boston Public Library and next
   to the BosTix booth. A flyer for the event is available: print it out
   and post it up around your place of work, school, on telephone poles,
   etc. You can download our press release, as well. If you're driving in
   to Boston from the North, we have some directions which will get you to
   Park Street station; once there take the green line to Copley.
   
   Dmitry's arraignment hearing is also scheduled for this date.
   
Saturday, Sep 8: Letter-writing event

Monday, Sep 24: Street protest

   Watch here for more information as we plan!
   
                                  VOLUNTEER!
                                       
   Email me or dmitry-boston if you would be willing to work with one of
   the following committees:
    1. THEATRICAL COMMITTEE. Rehearse/write some street theater routines
       for performance at our various outdoor events. Mailing List.
    2. PETITION COMMITTEE. We've got lots of signatures. We need to
       collect/organize them and plan a presentation ceremony.
    3. MONDAY COMMITTEE. I would like to continue the regular monday
       flyering, but I need a core group of AT LEAST five people to
       accompany me on a regular basis if this is to continue.
    4. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. The Aug 30th event will be outside the Boston
       Public Library. We need copley square permits, and we would like to
       have events (forums) in conjunction with the library in the same
       time frame.
    5. TEACH-IN COMMITTEE. This is a good idea from the national IRC
       meeting yesterday. Need people with local college affiliations who
       can organize this.
    6. TEA PARTY COMMITTEE. I'd like to have a 'Boston Tea Party' event. I
       need people enthusiastic about making this happen (and picking a
       date/time/place/tie-in)
    7. PROJECTION COMMITTEE. I'd like to present both Dmitry's work and
       Felten's paper projected onto a building in a very public place. I
       need geeks to make it work and scouts to find locations and more.
       Mailing List.
    8. PRESS COMMITTEE. All of our events need to be aggressively
       publicized. I think the next step here is putting flyers on the
       street, in colleges, etc as well as getting into local org's
       mailings as an upcoming event. Not to mention ads at theaters, in
       the paper, etc. Everything and anything that works!
    9. ANYTHING ELSE!!! There may be great creative ideas out there still.
       if you've got one, contribute it, form a committee to plan it (even
       a committee of one) and let's do it.
       
                               Petition effort
                                       
   We are collecting signatures for a petition directed at Senator Kennedy.
   Download a plain-text, PDF, Postscript, or LaTeX format copy, print it
   out, and hand it around. Please ask all signers to both sign and print
   their name, and provide their address (which is to show Kennedy that we
   are his constituents). Send me mail at cananian (at sign) mit.edu if you're
   gathering signatures, so I know to touch base with you and arrange to
   collect your petition before we present the collated results to our
   Senator. My address information is below when it's time to mail back
   your petitions for collating.
   
   This petition will have a cover letter to accompany it which gives some
   more background information on the sklyarov case. I will post that when
   it is complete; until then you might want to print out copies of some of
   the materials on freesklyarov.org to accompany you as you collect
   signatures.
   
   Please also consider writing a personal letter to your Senators. Seth
   Finkelstein's letter may be used as a guide; see the guide to writing
   your congressman and Seth's draft, where he shows you what he's trying
   to do with each section. I will post more letters here as I recieve them
   to use as examples; mail me yours!
   
   You may also consider writing the editors at the New York Times.
   
Get involved - join the Boston mailing list

   For the latest information, join the Free Dmitry Boston mailing list. To
   post a message, send mail to dmitry-boston (at sign) lm.lcs.mit.edu. There are
   mailing list archives at MIT LCS as well as pipermail archives of
   traffic after 6-aug-2001. This is a fairly high-traffic list. For
   low-volume announcements of our events, join the dmitry-boston-announce
   mailing list; announcements are archived as well.
   
   To unsubscribe from dmitry-boston, see this web page, and to unsubscribe
   to dmitry-boston-announce see this web page.
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                              Previous Protests
                                       
  Thursday, Aug 23
  
                        Photos: none yet. stay tuned!
   
   Report by C. Scott Ananian:
   
   We had a real good protest in Boston today. Turn-out is definitely down,
   but enthusiasm among those who do attend is way up. =) We switched our
   usual Monday protest to Thursday this week in solidarity with the "rest
   of the nation" (and ended up alone, oh well) and used the Bunner case
   coincidence to talk some about the DVD case issues. We distributed some
   flyers with the old 2600 MPAA broadsheet
      http://boston.freesklyarov.org/2600-flyer.ps
   on one side and Ben Fry's "about the DMCA"
      http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/dmitry/dmca/
   on the other. Also distributed some copies of the NY Time "Software
   Double Bind" article and we *really* liked the Barrington King "Drop the
   Charges" pamphlet
      http://www.wyrdwright.com/sklyarov/
   although we had to print it out on letter-sized paper in a crunch. We
   hand-wrote the info for the next Boston protest (August 30, at the
   Boston Public Library!) in the space provided; very very handy.
   
   We also collected quite a few more signatures for our Kennedy petition,
   and we had a lot of FSF folk show up as well. We had our first *radio*
   reporter show up, and I'm going to give an interview on WMBR tonight at
   6pm or so.
   
   All in all, a very productive couple of hours raising awareness on the
   street, polishing our rhetorical skills, and working the petition angle.
   Next week's protest should be even better!
   
   Follow-up by Jonathan Watterson:
   
   What he said, every bit of it. In fact, though turnout was low, of the
   protests I've been in I have never seen such positive crowd reaction.
   Many people stopped to talk at length. Folks who had never heard of the
   DMCA became ardent supporters of our cause. And one man remarked that
   Scott has "a real gift for the gab!"
   
   Here's to a devastatingly effective protest at Copley Square on next
   Thursday!
   
  Monday August 13
  
                             Photos: Aaron Culich
   
   Report by Aaron Culich:
   
Sadly, today's turnout was much smaller than in the past, but a couple
photos of the folks who did show up are here:

http://espresso.hampshire.edu/~aaron/freesklyarov/2001-08-13/

The last photo is of one of the signs that I chose to wield today:

        ``Dmitri Gets A Taste Of Old Russia: FBI Jails Academics''

It caught the attention of a crowd of people who were unloading from
two tour buses; the group of 40 or so happened to be tourists from
Russia!  As they walked by they snatched flyers as fast as I could
hand them out and voiced their support. An older couple, probably in
their late 60's, at the tail of the group stopped to say thanks; the
woman asked if her husband could pose with me for a picture with the
both of us holding the sign. Damn, I wish I had thought to have her
take a picture for me with my digital camera at the same time...

Anyway, thanks again to whoever made this sign. Keep 'em coming. And
more importantly, keep the PEOPLE coming-- we need more people at
these events holding the signs!

-aaron

  Monday August 6
  
                        Photos: none yet. stay tuned!
   
   Report by C. Scott Ananian:
   
   once more into the breech. Great people, handed out lots of flyers, sang
   the Dmitry and the DMCA song, tried the D-M-C-A song, I talked a *lot*.
   
   See you all next monday!
   
  Monday July 30
  
                 Photos: Christopher Blizzard | Aaron Culich
   
   Report by C. Scott Ananian:
   
   another great protest. 40+ people, a little smaller than the 50+ last
   time, but pretty damn good. lots of out-of-towners who'd travelled a
   long way to be there today. gave out *lots* of flyers, collected lots of
   petition signatures. NEXT STEP: same time, place, station next week.
   We'll do it again! STEP AFTER THAT: when the congressional session ends
   in a few weeks and Kennedy's back in town, we'll present our petitions
   and signatures to him in a big gov't center march --- with appropriate
   permits =).
   
  Monday July 23
  
              Photos: Peter Teichman | Gray Watson | Nico Hailey
   
   Report by Jeff Parks:
   
   Today's demonstration in Boston's downtown business district was a huge
   success! We had a good-sized crowd, I'm guessing about 50 people, mostly
   dressed in black for the protest theme "Funeral for Fair Use Rights".
   
   A black coffin labeled "FAIR USE" and picket signs were displayed to
   oncoming traffic and to passers-by, many of whom were on their company
   lunch breaks. Several people also distributed fact sheets on Dmitri,
   Adobe and the DMCA to the crowd.
   
   Rousing speeches were given by the two main organizers, and there was
   some mean guitar playing going down as the "official" Dmitri protest
   anthem was sung! Several inspired participants also took their turns on
   the soapbox, including a visiting programmer from UC Berkeley.
   
   There was at least one member of the press was in attendance, who was
   interviewing several participants when the protest ended.
   
   This was a very effective demonstration, with high visibility for the
   corporate-lunch crowd - We definitely raised some awareness of the
   issue, as members of the passing crowd stopped to look, listen, and ask
   questions.
   
   Congrats & thanks to the organizers and participants!
   
Contact local orgainizers

   C. Scott Ananian
   cananian (at sign) mit.edu
   MIT LCS NE43-630
   545 Technology Square
   Cambridge, MA 02139
   work: 617 253-7710
   cell: 617 233-1238
   
... Call or write your Congressmen

   Senator John Kerry:
   One Bowdoin Square, 10th floor
   (This is just down Cambridge Street from Gov't Center)
   
   Senator Edward Kennedy:
   JFK Federal Building, 2400-A
   (Sudbury street at Gov't Center)
   
   Representative Michael Capuano:
   110 First St, Cambridge
   (near Lotus & Galleria Mall)
   
   How to write your congresssman
   
   More MA Senators and Representatives
   
... More resources

   Press coverage of Sklyarov
   
   Official statements in support of Dmitry Sklyarov
   
   Some free-dmitry flyers for use
   
   Some chants to use at your rally
   
   Guitar chords D-M-C-A song Guitar chords to Dmitry and the DMCA song
   
   Street theater routine (with an improvement)
   
   PDF version of Brad Templeton's article
   
   Anti-MPAA flyer from 2600.com
   
                           back to freesklyarov.org
   
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                                  old stuff
                                       
   First organizing dinner was Friday July 20, 6:30pm
   Mary Chung's Restaurant in Cambridge at Central Square
   
   Mary Chung's restaurant
   460 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
   
   Take the Red Line to Central Square. When leaving the station, walk
   toward the river/MIT on Mass. Ave.
   The restaurant is on the west side of Mass Ave, next to a big
   construction mess with scaffolding and stuff. If you reach Economy
   Hardware and the Cezanne cafe, you've gone to far. Turn around and walk
   back about 100 feet.
   
   ** Mary Chung's accepts cash only, no credit cards (no checks?) **
   Map of Mary Chung's on Massachusetts Ave.
   
   
Creative Meeting - Sunday July 22 - 2pm at MIT near the Media Lab

   Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 23:05:27 -0400 (EDT)
   From: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian (at sign) lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu>
   Subject: Sunday CREATIVE meeting.
   
   I've got lots of art supplies and picket material here, waiting to be
   used!
   
   The meeting time is 2pm SUNDAY.
   
   Place: at MIT, in the grassy area between buildings e25 and e15 (the
   media lab). it's right in front of you when you get off the T at
   kendall, basically; this url has a great map:
   http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=bldg_e15
   
   last I checked, the forecast was for sun, and working on the grass means
   we can be as messy as we want. in case of rain, i'll make sure there are
   signs posted to clearly redirect you. and, of course, if you get lost,
   just call me on my cell phone: 617 233 1238. There are pay phones at the
   T, if that's needed.
   
   Things to bring: of course, any poster paper and art supplies are still
   appreciated! I've got some small amount of poster paint, can use more.
   I've got a large black marker, could use a large blue and red one (at
   least). Large-ish (1 inch) brushes also appreciated. I've got two 15'
   rolls of paper for banners.
   
   I'd *love* to make a casket, so we can form the funeral procession for
   fair use. It needs to be light, since we can't set it down; a light wood
   frame and cardboard is what I'm thinking. I don't think I've got enough
   black paint. Help here would be greatly appreciated! I'd like to use a
   funeral theme, so lots of tombstones and flowers. I'd like to see a lot
   of people dressed in funeral clothes on monday, with flowers, and a
   casket procession --- i think that would be *very* eyecatching!
   
   R.I.P. Fair use.
   
   Hope to see a lot of you there! I could also use some people to drop by
   later-ish (say, starting at 3pm) to start bringing made signs away with
   you. I don't think we'll be able to park nearby, so the best thing would
   be if several people could each bring five to ten placards with them (on
   the T?) to the event on Monday, so they could hand them out to people
   once they've arrived. So I need 'placard bearers' to take away our
   placards and bring them back on Monday.
   
   What fun!
   --s
   


   Rideshare / carpool board
   
   From: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian (at sign) lesser-magoo.lcs.mit.edu>
   Subject: PLAN FOR MONDAY
   After a lot of thought, and some attempts at various places to get
   clarification on permitting issues, here is what I think is best for
   Monday:
   
   1) MEET AT PARK STREET. I think the sidewalks are wider and we're much
   less likely to get hassled about permit issues. If we have to march in
   circles on the sidewalk, we can spread out a lot more here. And, of
   course, I think the people/bystander/"audience" traffic is higher here
   too.
   
   2) ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MARCH TO GOV'T CENTER TO PRESENT A
   PETITION. To all the press who show up, that's what we're going to do.
   We don't even need to do it while they're there; we'll wave the
   petition, get passers-by to sign, etc, etc. The actual presenting can be
   two of us a couple of hours later. Security at the federal building is
   very tight, we don't know if the senators are actually in town, their
   offices are both high up in the building, etc, etc, so if we try to make
   a mass presentation, I think we're likely to end up embarrassed. Of
   course, if momentum moves, we *can* make the march "up the freedom
   trail" from park street to gov't center at some point, but I don't think
   it's wise to build the event around said march.
   
   3) THEME: "the death of fair use". That, and Dmitry, are our strongest
   calling cards. I'd suggest that as many of us as possible dress in
   black,
   carry flowers, etc, and I'm working on constructing a casket. I think
   that's the easiest theme for the public to get a hold of (if we're
   careful not just to toss around the two words "fair use" and expect
   people to know what we're talking about) and I think the funeral will be
   very eye-catching.
   
   4) DON'T FORGET DMITRY. The funeral is nice, but I don't think we should
   let the public forget that we want Dmitry out of jail asap. The
   funeral's just one theme. I expect there to be lots of sub-themes, as
   well. Wherever possible, get together with others in your area (for
   example, the MIT folk can get together, the Ximian folks, etc...) and
   try to come up with coherent messages. The default is the funeral, I
   think, if you're
   not well connected to other local people, but there should be variety.
   Keep it focused. Dmitry and Fair Use should be biggies.
   
   Discuss (Mail list posting: dmitry-boston (at sign) lm.lcs.mit.edu ) ! I don't
   mean for this to sound like a fiat, but I'm making up a press release
   now and *some* decisions had to be made. I'm also worried about
   permitting issues around city hall plaza, like I said before. Speak up
   swiftly, if you've got fundamental disagreements! Otherwise, some notes
   of affirmation to let me know i've got some sort of consensus here would
   be greatly appreciated.
   --s
   
                 Creative meeting: Sunday July 29, 2pm at MIT
                                       
   Place: at MIT, in the grassy area between buildings e25 and e15 (the
   media lab). it's right in front of you when you get off the T at
   kendall, basically; this url has a great map:
   http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=bldg_e15
   
   Bring art supplies if you've got them, but I've got plenty to share!
   
   Please RSVP by email to cananian (at sign) mit.edu, so that I know how many people
   are coming (and if rescheduling for later today would be better).
   
Planning Meeting: Friday August 3, 2001

   7pm. Mary Chung's Restaurant in Cambridge at Central Square
   
   Mary Chung's restaurant
   460 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
   
   Take the Red Line to Central Square. When leaving the station, walk
   toward the river/MIT on Mass. Ave.
   The restaurant is on the west side of Mass Ave, next to a big
   construction mess with scaffolding and stuff. If you reach Economy
   Hardware and the Cezanne cafe, you've gone to far. Turn around and walk
   back about 100 feet.
   
   ** Mary Chung's accepts cash only, no credit cards (no checks?) **
   Map of Mary Chung's on Massachusetts Ave.
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