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ElcomSoft: software could be used for 'bad purposes'
News The US government wrapped up its case in the ElcomSoft criminal trial on Thursday without calling to the stand a Russian programmer initially expected to be the prosecution's star witness. Instead of calling ElcomSoft programmer Dmitry Sklyarov to...
[December 6, 2002, 11:56]
Elcomsoft bypasses Adobe with bug report
News Elcomsoft's decision was prompted by previous bad experiences with Adobe. At the end of a description of the vulnerability, which was posted on BugTraq, Elcomsoft's Vladimir Katalov said; "Some time ago we have found much more serious problem with...
[July 22, 2002, 15:22]
Sklyarov reflects on DMCA case
News Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov thinks it was unfair of prosecutors to play his videotaped deposition at the ElcomSoft trial rather than calling him to the stand. The interview was given with the understanding it would not run until the...
[December 20, 2002, 13:24]
Visa roadblock could delay DMCA case
News Witnesses in the ElcomSoft trial have been denied visas to enter the United States, a move that could delay a court date in the first criminal test of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ElcomSoft programmer Dmitry Sklyarov and chief executive...
[October 17, 2002, 7:47]
Adobe hacking case goes to jury
News The fate of the ElcomSoft criminal case is now in the hands of a jury, after both sides finished closing arguments in federal court in San Jose, California on Thursday morning. Frewing said ElcomSoft representatives knew about the law and willfully...
[December 13, 2002, 7:56]
Sklyarov takes the stand in DMCA trial
News The long-awaited live testimony of Dmitry Sklyarov finally got underway in the ElcomSoft trial on Monday afternoon, when the Russian programmer took the stand for the defence. ElcomSoft, a software company based in Russia, is charged with five...
[December 10, 2002, 10:24]
Russians to be tried under DMCA
News US District Judge Ronald Whyte found that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not violate Elcomsoft's due process and free speech rights. The case orginally targeted Elcomsoft employee Dmitry Sklyaroff, but those charges were later...
[May 9, 2002, 14:02]
Adobe: Few eBook copies found
News An Adobe Systems employee on Wednesday during testimony in a federal copyright trial acknowledged his company hadn't tracked down any unauthorised eBooks created by ElcomSoft software. ElcomSoft, a software company based in Russia, is charged with...
[December 5, 2002, 11:27]
When a security feature is no longer secure review
Reviews In fact, during the 2001 presentation, ElcomSoft suggested the same method that Mr Delbrouck outlined in his Bugtraq post. Back in 2001, at the Black Hat Win2k Security Briefing, members of Russian software company ElcomSoft demonstrated the...
[February 4, 2004, 7:55]
Norway piracy case brings activists hope
News Though the Johansen saga and the ElcomSoft case have no legal bearing on each other, activists are pointing to the two rulings as a sign that more judges and juries may consider the intent of code crackers rather than just the possible illegal...
[January 9, 2003, 9:02]
Record execs risk arrest for MP3 hacks
News In a separate case, Russian company ElcomSoft is facing criminal copyright charges in the United States related to making available software to crack Adobe's eBook. The technology is illegal in the United States, even though it is allowed in...
[August 7, 2002, 9:39]
DMCA case verdict: Not guilty
News Because both the defence and prosecution agreed that ElcomSoft sold software designed to crack copyright protections, the case essentially turned on ElcomSoft's state of mind during the period it was offering the software.
[December 18, 2002, 8:08]
Dmitry employer on copyright crusade
News Although prosecutors eventually dismissed the case against Sklyarov in exchange for his testimony, ElcomSoft is still charged with violating the DMCA. The flight came at the end of what the ElcomSoft chief executive hopes will be his last trip to...
[April 30, 2002, 9:47]
US judge weighs DVD copying arguments
News In ElcomSoft, a jury acquitted a Russian software company of criminal charges over a tool that cracked the security on eBooks. ElcomSoft said that intellectual property holders can pursue software developers who offer products that crack copyright...
[May 16, 2003, 7:47]
London protesters slam US copyright laws
News Sklyarov is an employee of ElcomSoft, a Moscow-based company and the publisher of the Advanced eBook Processor, a program that cracks the encryption protection on Adobe's eBook format, converting it to Adobe PDF format.
[August 3, 2001, 17:14]
Law enforcement on a borderless Web
News The United States used the WIPO agreement to lay the groundwork for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the law US prosecutors used to charge Russia-based ElcomSoft. The United States, meanwhile, will take on Sklyarov's employer, ElcomSoft, in a...
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
DVD-copying case heads for court
News The charges were brought after Elcomsoft started selling a program that can crack antipiracy protections on electronic books. Much like 321, Elcomsoft had argued that its products were designed to allow consumers to make legal back-up copies.
[May 15, 2003, 8:01]
Programmer hacks Microsoft e-book code
News The FBI arrested Sklyarov at the insistence of Adobe, after his Russian employer ElcomSoft posted a program on the Web that broke the encryption protecting Adobe's eBook technology. Elcomsoft removed the program upon Adobe's request, but Sklyarov...
[August 31, 2001, 17:06]
Wi-Fi Security Is No Longer Secure
Blog Comment How long are the passphrases that Elcomsoft has been able to break? The acceleration of password recovery times is impressive. However, I don't agree with your conclusion that WPA and WPA2 encryption systems are no longer enough to protect...
[October 27, 2008, 6:59]
Dmitry lawyers push for plea bargain
News The Russian employee of ElcomSoft, a Moscow-based company, was held in custody for over a month after the FBI arrested him at the DefCon hacking conference in Las Vegas. Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is due to be indicted on Thursday...
[August 23, 2001, 12:45]
