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In 2001, Dmitry Sklyarov, a young Russian computer scientist, was arrested by the FBI under a 1998 American law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that bans any attempts to bypass software that protects copyrighted digital files. Although the against Sklyarov were dropped, the case again...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 365; pp. 60 - 62
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited December 7-13 2002
Subjects:
Elcomsoft Co. Ltd.
Sklyarov, Dmitry
Copyright > Cases
United States. Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Actions & defenses (Law)
Copyright
United States
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