USA v. ElcomSoft and Dmitry Sklyarov

Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer for Elcom. Elcom sells AEBPR (Adobe eBook Processor), a tool to remove restrictions from encrypted PDF files that prevent users from making fair uses, such as reading text with a speechreader, or printing. Sklyarov came to the United States to give a presentation at DefCon, a compunter security conference, about weaknesses in Adobe's PDF encryption.

At Adobe's behest, the FBI arreted him for violating the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). After protests and public outcry, Adobe publically recommended Skylarov's release.

On 13 December 2001, the charges against Dmitri Sklyarov were dropped, with the condition that he return to testify in the criminal prosecution of his employer, Elcomsoft.

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Boston "Free Dmitry" protest site - Boston-area organizational site for the world-wide effort to free Dmitry Sklyarov, Russian programmer imprisoned by the FBI under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
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Free Dmitry Sklyarov - News, protest photos, links to press coverage, flyers, bumper stickers.
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First Amendment - Void Where Prohibited - Flyer by Tim Neu protesting Dmitry Sklyarov's incarceration.
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free-sklyarov Mailing List - Mailing list for friends and supporters of Dmitry Sklyarov.
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Free Dmitry San Jose Rally - Photos of protests outside Adobe offices in San Jose.
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Planet eBook: Index of US v. Sklyarov and DMCA-related Articles - Index of US v. Sklyarov and DMCA-related articles and web discussions since ElcomSoft developer Dmitry Sklyarov's arrest for allegedly violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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Intellectual Property: DMCA: U.S. v. Elcomsoft - Archived documents from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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