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But Dmitry did no wrong.

The arrest of Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has made evident a wave of anger from programmers who are dissatisfied with the statute. The law bans technology designed to defeat software that protects copyrighted material, but programmer...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 360; pp. 31 - 32
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited August 4 2001
Subjects:
Sklyarov, Dmitri
Sklyarov, Dmitry
Internet & copyright
United States. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Actions & defenses (Law)
Copyright
United States
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