FC: DMCA update: Russia warns its programmers against U.S.; LoC report

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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

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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.

   [...]




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