Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer arrested by the FBI at Def Con
on July 16th after giving a talk on security holes in Adobe System's
eBook software. He's also the author of a piece of software that
allows legitimate purchasers of eBooks to exercise fair use rights,
like making backups of a file or reading it on an unsupported platform
(like Linux).
Dmitry was arrested under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- a US
law that does not apply in his native Russia -- for creating a
"circumvention device." He's been held without bail and apparently is
out of contact of his family and friends in Russia.
The EFF is organizing protests against Sklyarov's arrest on Monday,
July 23, 2001 at US Federal buildings, embassies, and Adobe Systems
offices world-wide. If you're interested in participating, please
check this URL:
http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010719_eff_sklyarov_alert.html
I think Freenet people know that liberty has technological
solutions. But we should also remember that there's offline actions
that need to be done, too. So please take a minute and do what you can
to help get Dmitry out of jail and back to his wife and family.
~Mr. Bad
P.S. Yes, I'm still working on 0.3-0.4 merge. B-)
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asset of a competent programmer." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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