RE: [dvd-discuss] Sklyarov denied Visa to return to US for trial.

[Richard Hartman <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

I wouldn't blame him either, but I think
he _wants_ to go through with this to 
help break the DMCA into little bitty pieces.

Or, at least, I hope so.


-- 
-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:58 PM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Cc: 'dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu';
> owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Sklyarov denied Visa to return to US for
> trial.
> 
> 
> Yes....at this point, I can see no reason WHY Sklyarov would want to 
> return to the USA. He's being a really good sport about 
> coming back to 
> testify in  a foreign country that incarcerated him for 5 
> months without 
> bail that NOW doesn't want to issue him the papers to do that....My 
> attitude would be "OK guys...when you get your act together 
> MAYBE I'll 
> come and testify or maybe not. The Russian Ambassador can 
> tell you where 
> to stick your summons in the mean time"
> 
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> 
> Richard Hartman <hartman@onetouch.com>
> Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> 10/16/2002 10:57 AM
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>         Subject:        RE: [dvd-discuss] Sklyarov denied 
> Visa to return to US for trial.
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> 
> Thing is, he apparently was planning on coming -- it was
> the US rep that denied the application.
> 
> -- 
> -Richard M. Hartman
> hartman@onetouch.com
> 
> 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael A Rolenz [mailto:Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:05 AM
> > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > Cc: DVD-Discuss; owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Sklyarov denied Visa to return to US for
> > trial.
> > 
> > 
> > OTOH if Skylarov never wants to set foot in the USofA again, 
> > they can go 
> > pound salt...unless the CIA wants to mount a covert operation 
> > to abduct 
> > him and ship him to the USA.  What's more important? Terrorism or 
> > Intellectual Property?  ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "D. C. Sessions" <dcs@lumbercartel.com>
> > Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > 10/16/2002 09:51 AM
> > Please respond to dvd-discuss
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> >         To:     DVD-Discuss <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> >         cc: 
> >         Subject:        RE: [dvd-discuss] Sklyarov denied 
> > Visa to return to US for trial.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:41, Richard Hartman wrote:
> > > I should think that it is up to the Justice Department
> > > to step on toes to get the visa granted.  I assume he
> > > is under subpoena to appear, so they can issue court
> > > orders requireing the INS to grant the visa, can't they?
> > 
> > Presumably Counsel could get the Court to issue a bench
> > order directing the INS to grant the visa.  The lawyers
> > can comment but AFAIK courts are pretty straightforward
> > about motions for orders to enforce the Court's other
> > orders (e.g. subpoena.)
> > 
> > -- 
> > | The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to 
> the strong. |
> > | Because the slow, feeble old codgers like me cheat.       
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