On 16 July 2001, Dmitry Sklyarov, a
Russian citizen employed by
ElcomSoft, was arrested by
federal agents in
Las Vegas,
Nevada. His
crime:
Violation of the
anti-circumvention clauses of the
DMCA by
exposing major
security flaws in
Adobe PDF and
eBook software during a
presentation he made at the
DefCon 9
conference. He was
detained in a
US federal prison, but is now
free on bail.
2002/12/17: Elcomsoft has been found NOT GUILTY of DMCA violations.
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