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

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

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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