News and Media USA v. ElcomSoft and Dmitry Sklyarov Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyrights

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• BBC: FBI Arrests Alleged Copyright Cracker - "A Russian computer programmer has been arrested for allegedly flouting news and media a controversial US copyright law." By Mark Ward.
• Wired: Sklyarov Release in Feds' Hands - "America's geeks want Dmitry freed." By Declan McCullagh.
• kuro5hin: Battle for the Heart of the Internet - "If you\\'re interested in helping to stop this usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov injustice and let the Real World know that usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov hackers will fight for what\\'s right, there are usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov a number of upcoming events that need your usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov meatspace attendance and support." Editorial and list of usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov August 20
• Sklyarov Clarifies Circumstances of Release, Testimony - "He has entered into no legal plea bargain digital millennium copyright act and he is still employed by Elcomsoft (even digital millennium copyright act though the justice dept called him his former digital millennium copyright act employer)." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
• Slashdot: Adobe Backs Down - "The real point was made: \\'We have the digital millennium copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov act power. Don\\'t reverse engineer our toys\\' since digital millennium usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov copyright act the guy is still in jail, and this digital usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov millennium copyright act is \\'The United States Vs\\' and not \\'Adobe usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov digital millennium copyright act Vs'." News and discussion.
• Charges to Be Dropped in Tech Case - "A Russian computer programmer accused of violating electronic-book copyrights will news and media avoid possible prison time and a fine by testifying at news and media his company\'s trial." By Brian Bergstein. [AP]
• Slashdot: Fallout From Def Con: Ebook Hacker Arrested by FBI - Article and discussion forum.
• NY Times: Russian in Digital Copyright Case Is Released on Bail - "Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian programmer whose arrest in usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Las Vegas has incited international protests against an usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov American digital copyright law, was released on $50,000 usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov bail yesterday, after three weeks in custody." By usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Jennifer 8. Lee.
• NY Times: Software Double Bind - "The case of Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian computer programmer arrested news and media last month in Las Vegas, is drawing attention to a news and media double bind in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 news and media law that some legal experts say extends rights to consumers news and media even as it
• NY Times: Russians Deem Arrest Insult to Their Industry - "The arrest and arraignment of a Russian programmer digital millennium copyright digital millennium copyright act act in the United States have provoked outrage in digital millennium digital millennium copyright act copyright act this country's computer programming industry." By Sabrina Tavernise.
• Washington Post: Jailed Under a Bad Law - "Protecting intellectual property is a compelling government interest, but so is protecting academic inquiry, intellectual exchange and free speech. A better balance must be sought."
• Wired: Hacker Arrest Stirs Protest - "When the FBI arrested a Russian programmer this week on charges of criminal copyright violations, the government unwittingly ignited a powder keg of outrage." By Declan McCullagh.
• Adobe Hackers: We're Immune - "The Russian company that created software to circumvent Adobe\\'s e-book format argued on Monday that its conduct -- which caused the arrest and detainment of programmer Dmitri Sklyarov in a high-profile case last summer -- was not illegal." By F
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Indicted - Links to news releases and reader comments.
• ZDNet: Arrest Fuels Adobe Copyright Fight - "Attention, software pirates, security researchers and those out digital millennium copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov act to prove a point: Adobe Systems doesn\\'t pull digital millennium usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov copyright act its punches." By Robert Lemos.
• Wired: Sklyarov, Boss Plead Not Guilty - "A Russian programmer accused of breaking U.S. copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov law and his boss pleaded not guilty to usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov a five-count indictment in U.S. District Court Thursday."
• NY Times: Russian Programmer Enters Plea - "Dmitri Sklyarov, the first person to be indicted digital millennium copyright news and media act under a 1998 digital copyright law, pleaded not digital millennium news and media copyright act guilty yesterday in federal court in San Jose, digital news and media millennium copyright act Calif., to four counts of trafficking in illegal news and media digital millennium copyright act technology and one count of conspiracy." By news and media Jennife
• CNet: Russian Crypto Expert Arrested at Def Con - "The day after he gave a talk at the hacker conference, a Russian software engineer is arrested by the FBI for allegedly cracking e-book security." By Robert Lemos.
• Register: Skylarov Freed on Bail - "A federal judge has released Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov arrested under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act at the usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov request of Adobe." By Andrew Orlowski.
• Register: Adobe DMCA Protests Spread to UK - "Protests against the arrest of jailed Russian programmer news and media digital millennium copyright act Dmitry Sklyarov have spread oversees. The US Embassy news and media digital millennium copyright act lobby in London will be the focus of news and media digital millennium copyright act a demonstration this coming Friday August 3." By news and media digital millennium copyright act Andrew Orlowski.
• ElcomSoft Squares Up to Feds in Sklyarov Test Case - "ElcomSoft, the employer of freed Russian software developer news and media Dmitry Sklyarov, and federal authorities have squared up news and media in court for the first time in a news and media case that will challenge America\\'s controversial Digital Millennium news and media Copyright Act (DMCA)." By
• Slashdot: Sklyarov, Elcomsoft Plead Not Guilty - News and discussion of New York Times article.
• Wired: Russian Adobe Hacker Busted - "FBI agents have arrested a Russian programmer for digital millennium copyright act giving away software that removes the restrictions on digital millennium copyright act encrypted Adobe Acrobat files." By Declan McCullagh.
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Arrest Follow-up - "The complaint specifically mentions the ROT-13 \\'encryption\\' used news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov by at least one \\'protected ebook\\' company, so news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov the jokes made about the DMCA before are news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov now true: crack ROT-13, go to jail." Article news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov and discussion forum.
• Register: Dmitry Hearing Postponed - "A pre-trial hearing involving the case against Russian digital millennium copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov act programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, who is charged with offences digital millennium usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov copyright act under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), digital usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov millennium copyright act has been postponed." By John Leyden.
• Russian Hacker Has a Party - "Geeks, hackers and cyber-rights activists gathered at a bar here news and media Thursday evening to celebrate the government\\'s decision to drop criminal news and media charges against Dmitri Sklyarov, the Russian programmer who had been news and media accused of violating the Digital Millenniu
• EFF: Adobe & EFF Urge Release of Dmitry Sklyarov - Joint press release from Adobe/EFF. Adobe Systems Inc. and the Electronic Frontier Foundation jointly recommend the release of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian programmer wrongfully arrested July 15 on DMCA anticircumvention provision charges.
• Case Against Dmitry Sklyarov Dropped - "Charges against Dmitry Sklyarov were deferred yesterday allowing the Russian programmer to return home after a five-month enforced stay in the US." By John Leyden. [Register]
• Salon: Free Dmitry - "A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital news and media Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It\\'s time news and media to step up the pressure."
• Wired: Adobe E-Book Hacker Released - "A federal magistrate judge ordered that the Russian usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov programmer -- whose arrest last month on copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov infringement charges sparked worldwide protests -- be freed usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Monday on $50,000 bail."
• Russian Hacker Charges Dropped - "Dmitri Sklyarov has traded his testimony for his freedom to news and media return home, exactly what the man he will soon be news and media testifying against had hoped for." By Michelle Delio. [Wired]
• kuro5hin: Victory in Adobe vs. Sklyarov... or is it? - "Victory was proclaimed far and wide... but was news and media it actually a win?" Editorial and discussion.
• BBC: Programmer Denies Copyright Violations - "A Russian software programmer and his Moscow-based employer have pleaded not guilty of violating a controversial US copyright law."
• Slashdot: Dmitry Sklyarov Gains High-Profile Defense Lawyer - "Renowned San Francisco defense attorney John Keker has agreed to represent the Russian programmer pro bono."
• Slashdot: Dmitry Protests Running - "The US-wide protests against Adobe and Dmitri Sklyarov\\'s arrest in digital millennium copyright act LA last week are running at full speed." News and digital millennium copyright act discussion forum.
• Wired: Sklyarov: A Huge Sigh of Release - "Sklyarov -- a Russian computer programmer who was digital millennium copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov act arrested in July for breaking American copyright law digital millennium usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov copyright act by writing a program to defeat Adobe Systems\\' digital usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov millennium copyright act E-Book copy-protection scheme -- was released on $50,000 usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov digital millennium copyright act bail." By Farhad Manjoo.
• NY Times: U.S. Arrests Russian Cryptographer as Copyright Violator - "A Russian author of a program which decrypts Adobe e-books usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov is arrested in Las Vegas and held without bail." [Free usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov registration required.]
• LinuxPlanet: The Digital Millennium Rape Act - What to Expect - Dennis E. Powell argues that controlling the means by which a crime can be committed is never the right answer to ensuring lawful behavior in a citizenry, and says the parallel example of gun control bears him out.
• Register: Boycott Adobe campaign launches - "Protesters, angry about the arrest of a Russian news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov programmer who made a speech the shortcomings of news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov encryption methods used by Adobe, have set up news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov a site calling for a boycott of the news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov software firm." By John Leyden.
• Wired: Release the Russian, Adobe Says - "In a stunning turn of events, Adobe abruptly bowed to news and media public outcry and recommended the release of a Russian programmer news and media who was arrested for writing code-breaking software." By Declan McCullagh.
• Register: Adobe Folds! - "PR terror does the job, but will DoJ digital millennium copyright news and media act stand down?" By Thomas C. Greene.
• Salon: How Felonious is Your Code? - Damien Cave explains how Dimitry Sklyarov became the latest geek cause célèbre and why coders around the world could use some new protest techniques to get him freed. [RealAudio, MP3]
• Wired: Congress No Haven for Hackers - "Even as the world\\'s geeks march against the Digital Millennium news and media Copyright Act, key legislators and lobbyists are dismissing concerns about news and media the controversial law as hyperbole." By Declan McCullagh.
• Register: Free Sklyarov Now - "Protests against the continued incarceration of Russian programmer digital millennium copyright digital millennium copyright act act Dmitry Sklyarov are planned outside the courtroom where digital millennium digital millennium copyright act copyright act he faces a bail hearing today." By John digital digital millennium copyright act millennium copyright act Leyden.
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail - "According to this live report from the courtroom, Dmitri will probably be out of jail real soon now. Of course, he still won\\'t be allowed to leave Northern California, but it\'s a start." News and forum discussion.
• Wired: Rep: Give Fair Use a Fair Shake - "Rep. Rick Boucher wants to spring a Russian programmer from news and media jail." By Declan McCullagh.
• Register: eBook Security Debunker Arrested by Feds - "A Russian security expert has been arrested after usa v. elcomsoft news and media and dmitry sklyarov making a presentation at Defcon pointing out the news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov shortcomings of eBook security."
• Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law - "The defense lawyer for a Moscow company accused news and media of violating U.S. copyright law asked a judge news and media on Monday to dismiss charges against the company, news and media arguing that the borderless Internet is outside the news and media jurisdiction of United States law." [Reuters]
• Slashdot: Earth to Media: This Kid is Still in Jail - "26-year-old programmer and encryption gadfly Sklyarov has been digital millennium copyright usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov act languishing in jail for almost two weeks now, digital millennium usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov copyright act and the popular media has paid almost no digital usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov millennium copyright act attention to his truly outrageous arrest." Editorial by usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov digital millennium copyright act Jon Katz and forum.
• kuro5hin: BusinessWeek: Sklyarov guilty as charged - "The pro-copyright PR engine\\'s running at full tilt, usa v. elcomsoft usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov and dmitry sklyarov but minimal rationality, as evidenced by Alex Salkever\\'s usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Don\\'t Judge an eBook Case usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov By Its Coverage usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Daily Briefing usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov (BusinessWeek)." Essay and discussion.
• All Eyes on ElcomSoft Trial - Comments from observers at the trial\\'s opening arguments. digital millennium copyright act [Wired]
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Update - Dmitry Sklyarov\\'s arraignment has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 30. Dates of Free Dmitry events and reader comments.
• Press Release: ElcomSoft Executive Responds to Federal Charges Against Dmitry Sklyarov - Statements by Alex Katalov, president of ElcomSoft. Includes news and media information about making contributions to defense fund.
• Register: Protesters Lay Siege to Adobe - "Angry computer users laid siege to Adobe\\'s San Jose HQ this morning, in one of several rallies around the United States in protest at the arrest of Russian cryptographer Dmitry Sklyarov." By Andrew Orlowski.
• Elcomsoft Case Proceeds; U.S. Claims Jurisdiction - News about the jurisdictional challenge and reader discussion. usa v. elcomsoft usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov and dmitry sklyarov [Slashdot]
• Slashdot: Still in DMCA Prison - "Sklyarov is still in jail. In fact, he\\'s news and media news and media still in Las Vegas, where he is being news and media news and media held without even a bail hearing, much less news and media news and media bail." News and discussion.
• SF Chronicle: Martyr or Criminal? - "Debate over electronic copyright law rages as Russian news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov programmers sits in a San Jose jail." By news and media usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Carrie Kirby.
• Reuters: Russian Programmer and Employer Indicted - "A Russian software programmer and his employer were indicted today on charges of violating a controversial United States copyright law, signaling the collapse of plea bargain talks in a case that has set off international protests."
• kuro5hin: Next Wave of Free Dmitry Protests: Monday July 30 - "The Man Nobody Wants In Prison is still behind bars usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov due to bureaucratic inertia. The folks in the Department of usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Justice need a push, and it\\'s going to take usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov a lot of us to push them."
• Moscow Firm Asks Dismissal of DMCA Suit - "The attorney for a Russian company accused of digital millennium copyright act violating the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act filed digital millennium copyright act motions Monday to have the case dismissed, arguing digital millennium copyright act the law is vague, too broad and shouldn\\'t digital millennium copyright act apply to a foreign company." [Reuters]
• Slashdot: Say Here Why Sklyarov Should Go Free - "Rather than sign somebody else\\'s statement, post your news and media digital millennium copyright act own reasons you think the arrest was inappropriate, news and media digital millennium copyright act and why Sklyarov should be freed." Editorial by news and media digital millennium copyright act Jon Katz and forum.
• Slashdot: 'Free Sklyarov' Protests Scheduled - News and discussion forum.
• Slashdot: US Won't Drop Charges Against Sklyarov - More Protests Planned - News and discussion.
• The Standard: Adobe Says It Has No Responsibility For Dmitry - "The company says it has no responsibility for usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov aiding Dmitry Skylarov, even though it was an usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov Adobe complaint that led to the Russian programmer\'s usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov arrest."
• ElcomSoft Files For Dismissal Of E-Book Case - "ElcomSoft, the Russian software company accused of such evils as usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov producing software to enable the blind to read legally obtained usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov e-books, has filed for a dismissal of the charge that usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov they violated the DMCA." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot
• BusinessWeek: Don't Judge an eBook Case By Its Coverage - "A programmer\\'s arrest for allegedly violating copyright law news and media has riled civil libertarians. They may have an news and media unworthy martyr." By Alex Salkever.
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Case Exposes DMCA Contradictions - Forum discussing New York Times article.
• LA Times: E-Book Saga Is Full of Woe --and a Bit of Intrigue - "Richard DeGrandpre wrote \\'Digitopia\\' as a warning about usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov the false promises of the wired world. Then usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov it was published as an electronic book, and usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov all his predictions came true." By David Strietfeld.
• U.S. To Drop Charges Against Sklyarov - "The New York Times has a story saying usa v. elcomsoft usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov and dmitry sklyarov that charges will be dropped against Dmitry Sklyarov usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov in exchange for his testimony usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov against his employer usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov ElcomSoft." News usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
• Slashdot: Travesty: Dmitry Sklyarov's Arrest - "Can Draconian Internet copyright laws be used to make criminals usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov of people who criticize corporate products or government behavior?" Editorial usa v. elcomsoft and dmitry sklyarov by John Katz and discussion forum.

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