Russian programmer out on bail
Dmitry Sklyarov was ordered to post $50,000 bail Monday in San Jose Federal Court. He is not allowed to travel outside of Northern California. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 23.
Sklyarov was detained in July at the DefCON convention in Las Vegas after he gave a speech about his company's software, a program that can be used to crack Adobe Systems' e-books. He was held without bail in Nevada before being tranferred to San Jose, Calif., a few days ago.
Sklyarov is facing criminal charges of trafficking the software, which federal officials say violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a U.S. law that makes it illegal to possess technology that can be used to crack programs designed to protect copyrights. -- Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet News Three weeks after his arrest, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is out on bail.
Dmitry Sklyarov was ordered to post $50,000 bail Monday in San Jose Federal Court. He is not allowed to travel outside of Northern California. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 23.
Sklyarov was detained in July at the DefCON convention in Las Vegas after he gave a speech about his company's software, a program that can be used to crack Adobe Systems' e-books. He was held without bail in Nevada before being tranferred to San Jose, Calif., a few days ago.
Sklyarov is facing criminal charges of trafficking the software, which federal officials say violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a U.S. law that makes it illegal to possess technology that can be used to crack programs designed to protect copyrights. -- Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet News