HariSeldon Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 San Francisco - The highly publicized case that began with the arrest of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov today came to a close. A federal jury in San Jose today returned a verdict of not guilty on all counts in the criminal trial of Sklyarov's employer, a Russian software company called Elcomsoft Ltd. The case was the one of the first criminal cases to be brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA"). "Today's jury verdict sends a strong message to federal prosecutors who believe that tool makers should be thrown in jail just because a copyright owner doesn't like the tools they build," said EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von Lohmann. "We have said from the beginning that Dmitry Sklyarov, Elcomsoft, and technologists like them are not pirates, and today a jury agreed." The case began in July 16, 2001, when the FBI arrested Dmitry Sklyarov at the Defcon conference in Las Vegas. Sklyarov was the lead engineer on an Elcomsoft product known as the Advanced eBook Processor (AEBPR), which software giant Adobe Systems Inc. claimed was a "circumvention tool" prohibited by the DMCA. Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglebtc Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I am so surprised that neowin staffers didn't get on the ball and post this right away to the front page. this is BIG news -- it has many serious ramifications (good ones for developers). i'm beginning to worry that neowin is becoming "just another news site." A lot of the stories are coming in later than others have them. neowin's forums are still very useful to me, but i'd like to see fresher content and reporters that jump on the ball at major breaking news like this. - brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted December 18, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 18, 2002 We don't sit here 24/7 and beside, I just posted about this story a few minutes ago... https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?categor...ry=main&id=7786 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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