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The “Chilling Effect” on Digital Development: US v. ElcomSoft

The “Chilling Effect” on Digital Development: US v. ElcomSoft

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Dmitry Sklyarov, a 27-year-old programmer for ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., was arrested after giving a speech at DEFCon, a major annual technical conference. He was arrested for trafficking software, which could circumvent the technological protection on eBooks in Adobe’s eBook format. He was charged with five criminal offensives. With his arrest came the first criminal challenge …

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U.S. v Elcomsoft Part I: Significance

U.S. v Elcomsoft Part I: Significance

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For a paper I’m working on for a conference, I will be discussing for the next several weeks, the case of U.S. v Elcomsoft and how it relates to “modern” cyberculture. U.S. v Elcomsoft is significant for five reasons. The first being that it was the first direct challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act …

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