Dmitry Sklyarov

On July 16, 2001 after giving a presentation called "eBooks security -- theory and practice" at the DEF CON convention in Las Vegas, Nevada and was about to return to Moscow, Russia he was arrested by the FBI.

The day after his arrest several web sites and mailing lists were started to organize protests against his arrest. Many of them under the slogan "Free Dmitry" or "Free Sklyarov". A campaign to boycott Adobe products was also launched.

On July 19, 2001 the Association of American Publishers issued a press release announcing their support for the arrest. Adobe initially supported the arrest but after a meeting with the Electronic Frontier Foundation they issued a joint press release on July 23, 2001 recommending his release. However Adobe still supports the case against ElcomSoft.

After Dmitry was arrested he was held briefly in a local jail in Las Vegas, then he was held in the Oklahoma City Federal Prisoner Transfer Center until August 3, 2001 when he was transferred to the Federal building in San Jose, California.

On August 6, 2001 Dmitry was released on a $50000 bail and was not allowed to leave Northern California. The charges against Dmitry was later dropped in exchange for his testimony. He was allowed to return to Russia on December 13, 2001.

External links

• http://www.freesklyarov.org - Free Dmitry Sklyarov
• http://www.publishers.org/press/russian.htm - Association of American Publishers press release
• http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200108/elcomsoftqa - Adobe FAQ on this case
• http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/us_v_elcomsoft_faq - Electronic Frontier Foundation FAQ on this case

See Also:

• Fair use