USA v. Dmitry Sklyarov

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• Washington Post: Jailed Under a Bad Law Protecting intellectual property is a compelling government interest, but so is protecting academic inquiry, intellectual exchange and free speech. A better balance must be sought.
  
• AP: Russian programmer indicted for cracking e-book security In a closely watched electronic publishing case, a Russian computer programmer and his employer were indicted Tuesday on federal charges of violating digital copyright protections.
  
• 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.
  
• kuro5hin: Victory in Adobe vs. Sklyarov... or is it? Victory was proclaimed far and wide... but was it actually a win? Editorial and discussion.
  
• ZDNet: FBI nabs Russian expert at Def Con The FBI took a Russian encryption expert into custody Monday at his hotel in Las Vegas for allegedly publishing software that cracks a variety of methods used to secure e-books.
  
• Wired: Release the Russian, Adobe Says In a stunning turn of events, Adobe abruptly bowed to public outcry and recommended the release of a Russian programmer who was arrested for writing code-breaking software. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• LA Times: E-Book Saga Is Full of Woe --and a Bit of Intrigue Richard DeGrandpre wrote "Digitopia" as a warning about the false promises of the wired world. Then it was published as an electronic book, and all his predictions came true. By David Strietfeld.
  
• Wired: Russian Adobe Hacker Busted FBI agents have arrested a Russian programmer for giving away software that removes the restrictions on encrypted Adobe Acrobat files. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• Free Speech, Free Sklyarov, A Community Declaration Sign a declaration calling for the elimination of DMCA provisions used to attack freedom of speech.
  
• 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.]
  
• CNN: Rallies planned for arrested hacker The arrest this week of a 26-year-old Russian software programmer accused of violating U.S. copyright law has sparked protests and pledges of support from a wide range of free speech advocates, defense lawyers and consumer groups. [Reuters]
  
• Reuters: California Backers Push to Free Russian Hacker Advocates of free speech on the Internet asked federal prosecutors on Friday to release a Russian programmer being transported to San Jose, California, to face criminal charges of violating a U.S. controversial copyright law.
  
• ZDNet: Adobe seeks release of Russian programmer In the wake of worldwide criticism, Adobe Systems agreed Monday to withdraw from a case charging a 27-year-old Russian programmer with violations of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Robert Lemos.
  
• Slashdot: Adobe Backs Down The real point was made: "We have the power. Don't reverse engineer our toys" since the guy is still in jail, and this is "The United States Vs" and not "Adobe Vs". News and discussion.
  
• Salon: How felonious is your code? Damien Cave explains how Dimitry Sklyarov became the latest geek cause célèbre and why coders around the world could use some new protest techniques to get him freed. [RealAudio, MP3]
  
• Free Dmitry San Jose Rally Photos of protests outside Abode offices in San Jose.
  
• AP: Russian programmer Sklyarov freed on $50,000 bail A Russian computer programmer accused of circumventing copyright protections on electronic-book software was released on $50,000 bond Monday and ordered to stay in Northern California while he awaits trial. By Brian Bergstein.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• First Amendment - Void Where Prohibited Flyer by Tim Neu protesting Dmitry Sklyarov's incarceration.
  
• Salon: Free Dmitry! A Russian programmer charged with violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act languishes in jail. It's time to step up the pressure.
  
• 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.
  
• Wired: Sklyarov Release in Feds' Hands America's geeks want Dmitry freed. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• BusinessWeek: Don't Judge an eBook Case By Its Coverage A programmer's arrest for allegedly violating copyright law has riled civil libertarians. They may have an unworthy martyr. By Alex Salkever.
  
• Free Dmitry Sklyarov News, protest photos, links to press coverage, flyers, bumper stickers.
  
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail According to this live report from the courtroom, Dmitri will probably be out of jail real soon now. Of course, he still won't be allowed to leave Northern California, but it's a start. News and forum discussion.
  
• AAP: Publishers Hail Government Action Against Russian Ebook Hackers Press release by Association of American Publishers (of which Adobe is a member) in which CEO Pat Schroder compares Dmitry Sklyarov's actions to distributing keys to unlock a bookstore.
  
• ZDNet: Protesters target FBI nominee over programmer's arrest Supporters of a Russian programmer arrested on charges of violating a controversial U.S. copyright law took aim on Tuesday at the California prosecutor in the case who is President Bush's nominee to be next director of the FBI.
  
• Slashdot: Still in DMCA Prison Sklyarov is still in jail. In fact, he's still in Las Vegas, where he is being held without even a bail hearing, much less bail. News and discussion.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Boston "Free Dmitry" protest site Boston-area organizational site for the world-wide effort to free Dmitry Sklyarov, Russian programmer imprisoned by the F.B.I. under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
  
• Plastic: Hacker Arrest Stirs Protest Forum discussing Wired article.
  
• Indictment: USA v. Elcom and Sklyarov (PDF) Scanned copy of the indictment against Sklyarov.
  
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Case Exposes DMCA Contradictions Forum discussing New York Times article.
  
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Indicted Links to news releases and reader comments.
  
• Boycott Adobe Boycott of Adobe Systems for using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to jail a Russian researcher for pointing out major security flaws in Adobe PDF and eBook software.
  
• Register: Adobe Folds! PR terror does the job, but will DoJ stand down? By Thomas C. Greene.
  
• SF Chronicle: Martyr or criminal? Debate over electronic copyright law rages as Russian programmers sits in a San Jose jail. By Carrie Kirby.
  
• Slashdot: Dmitry Protests Running The US-wide protests against Adobe and Dmitri Sklyarov's arrest in LA last week are running at full speed. News and discussion forum.
  
• 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.
  
• Free Dmitry Sklyarov Protest Pictures from protest in Saint Paul, MN on July 23, 2001.
  
• Slashdot: Fallout From Def Con: Ebook Hacker Arrested by FBI Article and discussion forum.
  
• Slashdot: US Won't Drop Charges Against Sklyarov - More Protests Planned News and discussion.
  
• kuro5hin: BusinessWeek: Sklyarov guilty as charged The pro-copyright PR engine's running at full tilt, but minimal rationality, as evidenced by Alex Salkever's Don't Judge an eBook Case By Its Coverage Daily Briefing (BusinessWeek). Essay and discussion.
  
• Boston Globe: Hacker's arrest decried Russian's is the first criminal case under new US antipiracy law. By Hiawatha Bray.
  
• Byte: Dmitry Sklyarov, Adobe, and the FBI I predict that if the case ever comes to trial the law will be thrown out, either on Constitutional grounds or on the narrower principle that it is too hopelessly vague to be enforceable. By Jerry Pournelle.
  
• Wired: Hacker Arrest Stirs Protest When the FBI arrested a Russian programmer this week on charges of criminal copyright violations, the government unwittingly ignited a powder keg of outrage. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• 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.
  
• Slashdot: 'Free Sklyarov' Protests Scheduled Article and discussion forum.
  
• free-sklyarov Mailing List Mailing list for friends and supporters of Dmitry Sklyarov.
  
• EFF: Adobe & EFF Urge Release of Dmitry Sklyarov Joint press release from Adobe/EFF. Adobe Systems Inc. & the Electronic Frontier Foundation jointly recommend the release of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian programmer wrongfully arrested July 15 on DMCA anticircumvention provision charges.
  
• CNet: Russian crypto expert arrested at Def Con The day after he gave a talk at the hacker conference, a Russian software engineer is arrested by the FBI for allegedly cracking e-book security. By Robert Lemos.
  
• 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.
  
• Wired: Sklyarov: A Huge Sigh of Release Sklyarov -- a Russian computer programmer who was arrested in July for breaking American copyright law by writing a program to defeat Adobe Systems' E-Book copy-protection scheme -- was released on $50,000 bail. By Farhad Manjoo.
  
• 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.
  
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Arrest Follow-up The complaint specifically mentions the ROT-13 "encryption" used by at least one "protected ebook" company, so the jokes made about the DMCA before are now true: crack ROT-13, go to jail. Article and discussion forum.
  
• Slashdot: Travesty: Dmitry Sklyarov's Arrest Can Draconian Internet copyright laws be used to make criminals of people who criticize corporate products or government behavior? Editorial by John Katz and discussion.
  
• 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.
  
• Wired: Adobe E-Book Hacker Released A federal magistrate judge ordered that the Russian programmer -- whose arrest last month on copyright infringement charges sparked worldwide protests -- be freed Monday on $50,000 bail.
  
• BBC: FBI arrests alleged copyright cracker A Russian computer programmer has been arrested for allegedly flouting a controversial US copyright law. By Mark Ward.
  
• cluebot: Russian Hacker Arrested by FBI Goes Missing Article and discussion forum.
  
• kuro5hin: Next Wave of Free Dmitry Protests: Monday July 30 The Man Nobody Wants In Prison is still behind bars due to bureaucratic inertia. The folks in the Department of Justice need a push, and it's going to take a lot of us to push them.
  
• CNN: Russian hacker arrested after convention A Russian hacker was arrested Monday 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 Tuesday.
  
• kuro5hin: Battle for the Heart of the Internet If you're interested in helping to stop this injustice and let the Real World know that hackers will fight for what's right, there are a number of upcoming events that need your meatspace attendance and support. Editorial and list of August 2001 events.
  
• Slashdot: Sklyarov Update Dmitry Sklyarov's arraignment has been rescheduled to Thursday, August 30. Dates of Free Dmitry events and reader comments.
  
• Slashdot: Say Here Why Sklyarov Should Go Free Rather than sign somebody else's statement, post your own reasons you think the arrest was inappropriate, and why Sklyarov should be freed. Editorial by Jon Katz and forum.
  
• Wired: Congress No Haven for Hackers Even as the world's geeks march against the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, key legislators and lobbyists are dismissing concerns about the controversial law as hyperbole. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• Slashdot: Earth to Media: This kid is still in jail 26-year-old programmer and encryption gadfly Sklyarov has been languishing in jail for almost two weeks now, and the popular media has paid almost no attention to his truly outrageous arrest. Editorial by Jon Katz and forum.
  
• Wired: Rep: Give Fair Use a Fair Shake Rep. Rick Boucher wants to spring a Russian programmer from jail. By Declan McCullagh.
  
• ZDNet: Arrest fuels Adobe copyright fight Attention, software pirates, security researchers and those out to prove a point: Adobe Systems doesn't pull its punches. By Robert Lemos.