Hundreds of hackers, programmers and system administrators decamped from their cubicles on Monday and took to the streets to argue, in dozens of different ways, that Dmitry Sklyarov should not be in jail for creating code-breaking software. Some geekavists, who turned out in at least 10 cities, targeted FBI and Justice Department offices. The largest crowd, with about 100 demonstrators, marched on the San Jose headquarters of Adobe Systems, whose copy protection scheme Sklyarov has been charged with penetrating.
Adding additional drama to the day was a high-stakes meeting taking place inside Adobe's headquarters while protesters outside were chanting "Code is speech" and "Hey, hey, ho ho, DMCA has got to go."
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