Electronic Frontier Foundation Advisory

EFF to Negotiate with DoJ

for Release of Dmitry Sklyarov

For Immediate Release : July 25, 2001

Contact:

Will Doherty, EFF Online Activist / Media Relations,
  wild@eff.org,
  +1 415 436 9333 x111

Robin Gross, EFF Staff Attorney - Intellectual Property,
  robin@eff.org,
  +1 415 436 9333 x112

San Francisco - Representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will meet at 9:00am Pacific Time, this Friday, July 27, with representatives from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.

EFF will make a good faith attempt at negotiations aimed at dropping all charges against Dmitry Sklyarov and securing his immediate release from jail.

For more information about the Sklyarov case, see:
  http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/

Free Dmitry Sklarov campaign sites:
  http://www.freesklyarov.org/
  http://www.freedmitry.org/

About EFF:

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  http://www.eff.org/

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