Russian programmer out on bail

07 Aug 2001 09:13

Dmitry Sklyarov is ordered to post $50,000 bail and stay in Northern California until his hearing later this month

Three weeks after his arrest, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is out on bail.

Dmitry Sklyarov was ordered to post $50,000 (about £32,500) bail Monday in San Jose Federal Court. He is not allowed to travel outside of Northern California. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 23 August.

Sklyarov was detained in July at the DefCON convention in Las Vegas after he gave a speech about his company's software, a program that can be used to crack Adobe Systems' e-books. He was held without bail in Nevada before being tranferred to San Jose, California, a few days ago.

Sklyarov is facing criminal charges of trafficking the software, which federal officials say violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a US law that makes it illegal to possess technology that can be used to crack programs designed to protect copyrights.

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