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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. But after a legal saga that's included a surprise arrest outside his Las Vegas...
[December 20, 2002, 13:24]
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. During his presentation on flaws in eBook security at the DefCon...
[December 10, 2002, 10:24]
IT Workers Aren't The Net Police
News It looks like the now-infamous case of until recently jailed Russian software developer Dmitry Sklyarov was just the beginning of a broader trend to cast IT professionals in the role of info cop. Software developers like Sklyarov and even help desk...
[August 21, 2001, 11:31]
Dmitry Lawyers Push For Plea Bargain
News Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is due to be indicted on Thursday for circumventing the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA), but the prosecution and defence lawyers have revealed plans to negotiate a possible plea bargain.
[August 23, 2001, 12:45]
Protesters Declare War On Copyright Law
News Supporters backing Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer accused of five counts of copyright infringement, declared war on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act at a fund-raiser for Sklyarov's legal defence on Wednesday.
[August 31, 2001, 10:08]
'Free Dmitri' Protests Gathers Little London Support
News Protests demanding the release of the Russian programmer Dmitri Sklyarov are scheduled to take place this week outside the American Embassy in London, but organisers of the event are expecting a poor turnout.
[July 31, 2001, 13:53]
London Protesters Slam US Copyright Laws
News Protesters gathered outside the US Embassy in London this afternoon to call for the immediate release of Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer who was arrested by the FBI for creating software that circumvented the copyright protection mechanism...
[August 3, 2001, 17:14]
Russian Programmer Out On Bail
News 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. Sklyarov was detained in July at the DefCON convention in Las Vegas...
[August 7, 2001, 9:13]
Arrest Fuels Adobe Copyright Fight
News The jailed programmer Sklyarov had outlined problems with Adobe eBook and PDF security in a paper presented at the Def Con hacker convention. That's the lesson Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian software programmer, learned Monday when FBI agents arrested...
[July 19, 2001, 10:13]
ElcomSoft: Software Could Be Used For 'bad Purposes'
News Instead of calling ElcomSoft programmer Dmitry Sklyarov to the stand in the courtroom, US government prosecutors played an hour-long video of the programmer's earlier deposition. Defence lawyers, after unsuccessfully trying to quash the video, said...
[December 6, 2002, 11:56]
FBI Nabs Russian Expert At DefCon
News According to Borst, the warrant for Sklyarov's arrest was issued in the Northern District of California. The bureau acknowledged Tuesday that it had arrested security researcher Dmitry Sklyarov for what it said was a violation of the Digital...
[July 18, 2001, 9:41]
Law Enforcement On A Borderless Web
News Charges against Sklyarov were dropped in exchange for his testimony in the pending suit against his employer. In another case, Russian software programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was jailed after entering the United States last year.
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
Elcomsoft Bypasses Adobe With Bug Report
News Elcomsoft leapt to fame when one of its developers, Dmitry Sklyarov, was arrested last year during a Las Vegas security convention after giving a speech about the company's new Advanced eBook Processor software.
[July 22, 2002, 15:22]
Jury Decides First DMCA Conviction
News The Russian company's employee Dmitri Sklyarov became a cause celebre among hackers after he was arrested. Sklyarov had described his company's software for decrypting Adobe's eBooks software to attendees of the DefCon security conference.
[September 24, 2003, 16:40]
Researchers Weigh Publication, Prosecution
News The most high-profile DMCA case so far is that of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian programmer arrested last month on criminal charges that he created a program that can be used to crack Adobe Systems' e-books.
[August 16, 2001, 9:20]
DMCA Case Verdict: Not Guilty
News The case was launched in July 2001, when ElcomSoft employee Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested during the Las Vegas Defcon hackers conference after giving a speech about his company's software, which is designed to crack protections on Adobe Systems...
[December 18, 2002, 8:08]
Dmitry Employer On Copyright Crusade
News Katalov's saga started last summer, when Russian programmer and ElcomSoft employee Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested during a Las Vegas security convention after giving a speech about the company's new Advanced eBook Processor software.
[April 30, 2002, 9:47]
US Lawmakers Reject Changes To Digital Copyright Law
News The recent US arrest of the Russian computer programmer Dmitri Sklyarov for circumventing the DMCA has highlighted how the Internet is complicating copyright laws -- Sklyarov was arrested under the Act even though he was not on US soil at the time...
[September 10, 2001, 15:45]
Adobe: Few EBook Copies Found
News It's also looking unlikely that Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov will testify for the government. Sklyarov, an ElcomSoft employee, was arrested and jailed in Las Vegas last year after giving a speech about the company's software.
[December 5, 2002, 11:27]
HP Threatens Researchers With DMCA
News Charges against Sklyarov were eventually dropped in exchange for his testimony in his company's trial, which begins 26 August in San Jose, California. Last year, Adobe Systems persuaded the Justice Department to prosecute Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian...
[July 31, 2002, 12:15]
