Library of Congress report on the DMCA (was required by law): http://www.loc.gov/copyright/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html Politech archive on U.S. v. Sklyarov: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sklyarov Politech archive on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dmca -Declan ******** http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010831/tc/tech_russia_usa_dc_1.html Friday August 31 1:36 PM ET Russia Warns Computer Experts on U.S. Travel MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned its computer experts on Friday of the dangers of visiting the United States after a Russian software designer was arrested there for violating a controversial new law. Last July, Dmitry Sklyarov became the first person to be arrested on charges of selling technology designed to circumvent a 1998 U.S. copyright protection law. Formally arraigned on Thursday, he faces up to 25 years in jail if convicted. ``We want to point out to all Russian specialists cooperating with U.S. firms in computer programming and software design that, whatever the outcome of Sklyarov's case, they may fall under the jurisdiction of the 1998 Act on the territory of the United States,'' the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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