Here's the slide presentation he gave at Def Con:
freenet:KSK@text/postscript/defcon.ps.bz2
On Thursday 19 July 2001 08:44 pm, you wrote:
> 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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