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Start Over Topic actions & defenses (law) Topic copyright of electronic data Region united states Publisher new york times
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1. Cryptographer Held in E-Book Case Prefers Paper.

Author

Lee, Jennifer 8.

Subjects
*COPYRIGHT of electronic data, *COPYRIGHT infringement, *ELECTRONIC books software, *CASE studies, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
Abstract

Focuses on the case of Dmitri Sklyarov, a Russian cryptographer who was arrested in the United States and charged with trafficking of a program that decrypts copyright protections on Adobe Systems' software for electronic books. How this has initiated the first criminal case under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998; Public support for Sklyarov; How he was arrested at a conference for computer hackers after giving a presentation on electronic book security.

Published
2001