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'''Dmitry Sklyarov''' is a Russian programmer.
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'''Dmitry Sklyarov''' is a Russian programmer who was arrested in the US after giving a presentation at the [[Defcon]] conference after demonstrating that various products for securing electronic books were [[Snake oil (cryptography)|extremely weak]].<ref>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/ds-defcon/sld001.htm </ref> He and his employer, [[Elcomsoft]], were charged under the [[DMCA]] with distributing illegal tools to circumvent publishers' encryption technology. Both he and the publisher were eventually found not guilty on all charges.<ref>http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-978176.html </ref>


He was arrested in the US after giving a [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/ds-defcon/sld001.htm presentation] at the [[Defcon]] conference revealing that various products for allegedly securing electronic books were in fact [[snake oil (cryptography) | extremely weak]]. He and his employer [[Elcomsoft]] were charged under the [[DMCA]] with distributing illegal tools to circumvent publishers' encryption technology. Both he and the publisher were eventually found [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-978176.html not guilty] on all charges.
Sklyarov was the first person to be charged under the [[DMCA]].<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DB103FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63 </ref> The case became a ''cause celebre'' for opponents of the DMCA, and more generally for critics of [[DRM]] technology. There was a web site,<ref>http://www.freesklyarov.org/</ref> a mailing list, calls to action,<ref>http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/593</ref> <ref>http://www.linux.com/articles/14955</ref> demonstrations and lectures,<ref>http://www.freesklyarov.org/calendar/</ref> even a "Boycott Adobe" campaign since it was Adobe who were behind the charges.


Sklyarov was the first person [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DB103FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63] to be charged under the [[DMCA]]. The case became a <i>cause celebre</i> for opponents of the DMCA, and more generally for critics of [[DRM]] technology. There was a web site [http://www.freesklyarov.org/], a mailing list, calls to action [http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/593] [http://www.linux.com/articles/14955], demonstrations and lectures [http://www.freesklyarov.org/calendar/], even a "Boycott Adobe" campaign since it was Adobe who were behind the charges.
The case got extensive coverage in the computer industry press,<ref>http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/12/49272 <br>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,25446,00.asp</ref> and quite a bit in mainstream media.<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/dmitri_sklyarov/index.html</ref>
 
The case got extensive coverage [http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/12/49272] [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,25446,00.asp] in the computer industry press, and quite a bit [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/dmitri_sklyarov/index.html] in mainstream media as well. After his release, Sklyarov was by interviewed by [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-978497.html CNET] and later by the [http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1892 Moscow Times].
 
The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] have a [http://www.eff.org/cases/us-v-elcomsoft-sklyarov summary].

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Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer who was arrested in the US after giving a presentation at the Defcon conference after demonstrating that various products for securing electronic books were extremely weak.[1] He and his employer, Elcomsoft, were charged under the DMCA with distributing illegal tools to circumvent publishers' encryption technology. Both he and the publisher were eventually found not guilty on all charges.[2]

Sklyarov was the first person to be charged under the DMCA.[3] The case became a cause celebre for opponents of the DMCA, and more generally for critics of DRM technology. There was a web site,[4] a mailing list, calls to action,[5] [6] demonstrations and lectures,[7] even a "Boycott Adobe" campaign since it was Adobe who were behind the charges.

The case got extensive coverage in the computer industry press,[8] and quite a bit in mainstream media.[9]

  1. ↑ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/ds-defcon/sld001.htm
  2. ↑ http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-978176.html
  3. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DB103FF937A25751C1A9679C8B63
  4. ↑ http://www.freesklyarov.org/
  5. ↑ http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/593
  6. ↑ http://www.linux.com/articles/14955
  7. ↑ http://www.freesklyarov.org/calendar/
  8. ↑ http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/12/49272
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,25446,00.asp
  9. ↑ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/dmitri_sklyarov/index.html
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