[Free-sklyarov-uk] EFF: Grand Jury Charges Russian Company and Programmer

[Dan Ackroyd]

This appeared on the US mailing list this morning. I've checked my diary 
and the date is _not_ 1st April.

This does make it look very unlikely that Dmitry will be allowed to go 
home this week.

dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth David Schoen [mailto:schoen at loyalty.org]
> Sent: 29 August 2001 05:55
> To: free-sklyarov-announce at lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [free-sklyarov-announce] [wild at eff.org: [free-sklyarov] EFF:
> Grand Jury Charges Russian Company and Programmer]
> 
> 
> I look forward to seeing many of you at Thursday's protest in San
> Francisco (or hearing about your experiences at one of the other
> protests).  I'm still taking care of getting the permits for this
> protest.
> 
> I'm sorry to have the following bad news:
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Will Doherty <wild at eff.org> -----
> 
> To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
> From: Will Doherty <wild at eff.org>
> Subject: [free-sklyarov] EFF: Grand Jury Charges Russian 
> Company and Programmer
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:16:01 -0700
> 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
> 
> For Immediate Release: August 28, 2001
> 
> 
> Contacts:
> 
> Cindy Cohn, EFF Legal Director, cindy at eff.org,
>   +1 415 436-9333 x108 (office),
>   +1 415 823-2148 (cell)
> 
> Will Doherty, EFF Online Activist / Media Relations,
>   press at eff.org, +1 415 436-9333 x111 (office),
>   +1 415 794-6064 (cell)
> 
> 
> Grand Jury Charges Russian Company and Programmer
> 
> Adds Conspiracy to Circumvention Trafficking Charge
> 
> San Jose, California - A United States grand jury this
> afternoon indicted Russian company Elcomsoft along with
> previously jailed programmer Dmitry Sklyarov on charges
> of trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in a copyright
> circumvention device.
> 
> Since the grand jury handed down a five-count indictment,
> Sklyarov -- who is out of custody on $50,000 bail -- could
> face a prison term of up to twenty-five years and a US
> $2,250,000 fine. As a corporation, Elcomsoft faces a
> potential US $2,500,000 fine.
> 
> "We have been hearing from many people about lawful
> uses of Elcomsoft's computer program," explained Cindy
> Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation Legal Director.
> "It's outrageous that the unconstitutional Digital
> Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) could put this young man
> away for much of the rest of his life."
> 
> "We were hoping that the government would see the wisdom
> and justice in not pursuing a case against Sklyarov,"
> said his attorney, Joseph M. Burton of Duane Morris in
> San Francisco. "Even if one were to ignore the serious
> legal questions involving the DMCA, this case hardly
> cries out for criminal prosecution. Sklyarov's and
> Elcomsoft's actions are not conduct that Congress
> intended to criminalize. We will vigorously contest these
> charges."
> 
> Sklyarov and his attorneys will appear at an arraignment
> scheduled for 9:30 AM Pacific time this Thursday,
> August 30, with US Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg
> presiding, in courtroom 4, 5th floor of the Federal
> District Court for the Northern District of California,
> San Jose Branch, 280 South 1st Street, in San Jose,
> California.
> 
> Well-dressed observers plan to attend the arraignment
> and nonviolent protests are scheduled in Moscow (Russia),
> London (England), Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
> and Black Rock City, Nevada.
> 
> Directions and map to San Jose Federal Building:
> http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/CourtInfo.nsf/6f311f8841e7da
2488256405006827f0/f3b46c67b334132e88256682007f6ba9?OpenDocument

Background on the Sklyarov case:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/

Calendar of protests related to the Sklyarov case:
http://freesklyarov.org/calendar/


About EFF:

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arrested
Temp.  http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/ | hacker, who visited USA with
peacefull
down:  http://www.loyalty.org/   (CAF) | mission -- to share his knowledge
with
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