Dmitry Sklyarov
Sklyarov was arrested in Las Vegas on July 16, 2001, over software associated with ElcomSoft that could circumvent Adobe eBook protections. The EFF documented his later release and return to Russia.
Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer associated with ElcomSoft and research on Adobe eBook protections.
2001 case
He was arrested in Las Vegas on July 16, 2001 under the DMCA after attending DEF CON.
The prosecution drew protests and sustained attention from digital-rights organizations.
Significance
The case became an important early test of the DMCA anti-circumvention provisions.
Timeline
- 2001Dmitry Sklyarov is documented in security history sources.
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- Type
- Person
- Era
- 2000s-2010s
- Died
- 2018
- Known for
- New York Times intranet intrusion (2002); Reporting Chelsea Manning to the FBI (2010)
- Key date
- 2002
- Tags
- gray hat, whistleblower, media, ethics
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