The whatUseek Directory - USA_v._Dmitry

for

Home > Society > Issues > Intellectual Property > Copyrights > Digital Millennium Copyright Act >

USA_v._Dmitry_Sklyarov

New! Submit a site

whatUseek Directory Site Listings:

LinuxPlanet: The Digital Millennium Rape Act - What to Expect - Dennis E. Powell argues that controlling the means by which a crime can be committed is never the right answer to ensuring lawful behavior in a citizenry, and says the parallel example of gun control bears him out.

MSNBC: Russian hacker arrested at Def Con - A Russian hacker was arrested Monday on charges that he violated U.S. copyright law after he gave a presentation at the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas this weekend, the FBI said.

NY Times: Russian Programmer Enters Plea - Dmitri Sklyarov, the first person to be indicted under a 1998 digital copyright law, pleaded not guilty yesterday in federal court in San Jose, Calif., to four counts of trafficking in illegal technology and one count of conspiracy. By Jennifer 8. Lee.

NY Times: Russian in Digital Copyright Case Is Released on Bail - Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian programmer whose arrest in Las Vegas has incited international protests against an American digital copyright law, was released on $50,000 bail yesterday, after three weeks in custody. By Jennifer 8. Lee.

NY Times: Russians Deem Arrest Insult to Their Industry - The arrest and arraignment of a Russian programmer in the United States have provoked outrage in this country's computer programming industry. By Sabrina Tavernise.

NY Times: Software Double Bind - The case of Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian computer programmer arrested last month in Las Vegas, is drawing attention to a double bind in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 law that some legal experts say extends rights to consumers even as it effectively prevents them from exercising those rights. By Amy Harmon.

NY Times: U.S. Arrests Russian Cryptographer as Copyright Violator - A Russian author of a program which decrypts Adobe e-books is arrested in Las Vegas and held without bail. [Free registration required.]

NewsBytes: Civil Liberties Group Blasts Adobe For Aiding FBI In Arrest - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a technologically focused civil liberties group, today said it would organize a rally against Adobe Systems to protest the company's role in helping the FBI arrest a Russian software developer. By David McGuire.

Newsweek: Busted by the Copyright Cops - How a controversial intellectual-property law got a Russian programmer thrown in jail. By Steven Levy.

OneThumb.com: Free Dmitry - News briefs and reader comments.

Plastic: Hacker Arrest Stirs Protest - Forum discussing Wired article.

Press Release: ElcomSoft Executive Responds to Federal Charges Against Dmitry Sklyarov - Statements by Alex Katalov, president of ElcomSoft. Includes information about making contributions to defense fund.

Register: Boycott Adobe campaign launches - Protestors, angry about the arrest of a Russian programmer who made a speech the shortcomings of encryption methods used by Adobe, have set up a site calling for a boycott of the software firm. By John Leyden.

Register: Adobe DMCA protests spread to UK - Protests against the arrest of jailed Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov have spread oversees. The US Embassy lobby in London will be the focus of a demonstration this coming Friday August 3. By Andrew Orlowski.

Register: Adobe Folds! - PR terror does the job, but will DoJ stand down? By Thomas C. Greene.

Register: Dmitry hearing postponed - A pre-trial hearing involving the case against Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, who is charged with offences under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), has been postponed. By John Leyden.

Register: Free Sklyarov Now! - Protests against the continued incarceration of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov are planned outside the courtroom where he faces a bail hearing today. By John Leyden.

Register: Protesters lay siege to Adobe - Angry computer users laid siege to Adobe's San Jose HQ this morning, in one of several rallies around the United States in protest at the arrest of Russian cryptographer Dmitry Sklyarov. By Andrew Orlowski.

Register: Skylarov freed on Bail - A federal judge has released Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer arrested under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act at the request of Adobe. By Andrew Orlowski.

Register: eBook security debunker arrested by Feds - A Russian security expert has been arrested after making a presentation at Defcon pointing out the shortcomings of eBook security.

[ 1 2 3 4 5 ]

Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.

Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

About Help Content Filter Terms Privacy Policy