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At 
the time of his arrest, Dmitry Sklyarov was a 27-year-old Russian citizen, Ph.D. 
student, cryptographer and father of two small children (a 2-1/2 year old son, 
and a 3-month-old daughter). 


Dmitry helped create 
the Advanced eBook Processor (AEBPR) software for his Russian employer Elcomsoft <http://www.elcomsoft.com>. 
According to the company's website, the software permits eBook owners to 
translate from Adobe's secure eBook format into the more common Portable 
Document Format (PDF). The software only works on legitimately purchased eBooks. 
It has been used by blind people to read otherwise-inaccessible PDF user's 
manuals, and by people who want to move an eBook from one computer to another 
(just like anyone can move a music CD from the home player to a portable or 
car).
 
 


Dmitry was arrested 
July 17, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV, at the behest of Adobe Systems, according to the 
DOJ 
complaint <http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/20010707_complaint.html>, and charged with distributing a product designed to circumvent 
copyright protection measures (the AEBPR). He was eventually released on $50,000 
bail and restricted to California. In December 2001, was permitted to return 
home to Russia with his family. Charges have not been dropped, and he 
remains subject to prosecution in the US. 


Although Dmitry is 
home now, the case against Elcomsoft is continuing (to the detriment of the 
company), Dmitry's actions in Russia are controlled by a US court, and DMCA is 
still the law (to the detriment of everyone). This site will carry updates as 
they come... 


More 
about Dmitry's arrest... <http://www.freesklyarov.org/background/index.html>