Dmitry Sklyarov
Dmitry
Sklyarov is a Russian cryptographer. In order to expose the
childishly simple encryption used on a e-book reader made by the
Adobe Corporation (not much more difficult than pig latin), he wrote
a program used to decrypt e-books encrypted with Adobe's program. A
company he works for then sold it over the Internet. All this
programming was done in Russia, where the DMCA does not apply. Mr.
Sklyarov then came to the U.S., to discuss his work at a convention
in Las Vegas. Adobe, aware he would be coming to the U.S., ordered
the FBI to arrest him. He is now being held in an undisclosed
location, awaiting arraignment.
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Photo taken of the protest against the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov at Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, California, July
23, 2001. Click on the photo for more photos.
Russian Programmer to Appear in California Court:
Dmitry Sklyarov Issues Statement Thanking Supporters August 21, 2001
Dmitry Skylarov issued the following statement thanking the activists who have taken up his cause: To everyone who spent their time helping me: During the three weeks I spent in jail I learned that many people were protesting against my arrest. I also learned that Adobe withdrew its support of my arrest after meeting with
EFF. But I was not able to see that or to read letters and articles about my case. After being released from jail on August 6, I was really surprised and impressed by the scale of the action and the number of people involved in the protests. I'm not an IT superman. I'm just a
programmer, like many others. It was unexpected by me that so many people would support a guy from another country that nobody heard about before.
Your support means a lot to me and my family and makes a difference for all. This experience is going to change me in a profound way that I cannot even appreciate fully as yet. Thank you very much. Dmitry Sklyarov
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RELATED NEWS
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The
Grand Jury charges (the indictment) - USA vs. Elcom
Ltd and Dmitry Sklyarov, US District Court, Northern
District of California, San Jose Division, CR 01 20138,
Filed August 28, 2001.
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U.S. Department of Justice
press release on
Sklyarov indictment,
August 28, 2001.
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Free Dmitry Sklyarov !
- International Protests Today
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Adobe,
EFF call for release of Russian programmer 23.07.2001
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EPC: "Electronic
Publishers Coalition Condemns Criminal Use of DMCA"
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Wired:
"Adobe
Tries to Quell Protest"
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Planet
eBook: "Adobe
agrees to meet with EFF on DMCA criminal case"
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Planet
eBook: "Have
We Started a Digital Cold War?"
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Yahoo:
Reuters: "Supporters
Rally Behind Arrested Russian Hacker"
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Linux
Journal: "Free
Dmitry Sklyarov!"
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NewsForge:
"Sklyarov
arrest roundup: EFF to meet with Adobe, but protests still
on"
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Slashdot:
"EFF
Gets Meeting With Adobe"
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EFF: "Protest
Call Brings Adobe to the Negotiating Table"
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EFF: "EFF
Letter From Executive Director Shari Steele to Attorney
General John Ashcroft"
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Indybay/SF
Indymedia: "Inforights
Coalition Unites To Protest Hacker Arrest"
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law.com:
"Arrest
May Trigger Copyright Fight"
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The
Boston Globe: "Hacker's
arrest decried"
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eBookWeb:
"The
Adobe Box"
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eWEEK:
"Protest
Call Brings Adobe to the Negotiating Table"
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Planet
eBook: "Dmitry
is not a hacker/cracker but an exceptional security
expert"
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Planet
eBook: "Vladimir
Katalov reports from the frontline"
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Planet
eBook: "Sklyarov
meets Copyright, East meets West"
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Wired:
"Hacker
Arrest Stirs Protest"
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The
Inquirer: "Arrested
Russian "worked for FBI"
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BBC
News Online: "FBI
arrests alleged copyright cracker"
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EFF: "Statement
on the Arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov"
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KTNV
and Journal Broadcast Group: "Accused
hacker says he did nothing illegal"
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ZDNet
News: "Arrest
fuels Adobe copyright fight"
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EFF: "FBI
Arrests Programmer in Las Vegas"
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The
Register: "eBook
security debunker arrested by Feds"
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Wired:
"Russian
Adobe Hacker Busted"
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ZDNet
News: "FBI
nabs Russian expert at Def Con"
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CNN.com:
"Russian
hacker arrested after convention"
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Yahoo:
Reuters: "Russian
Hacker Arrested After Las Vegas Convention"
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U.S.
Attorney's Office: "The
maximum statutory penalty is five years imprisonment and a
fine of $500,000."
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Criminal
Complaint "USA vs. Dmitry Sklyarov" (.pdf
format)
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Planet
eBook: "United
States of America v. Dmitry Sklyarov. Criminal
Complaint"
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Planet
eBook: "US
arrests programmer over copyright violation"
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Dmitry
Sklyarov presentation eBook
Security: Theory and Practice
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