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Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail
Mike Schiraldi was the first to write about Dmitry Sklyarov's release from jail, even before it happened: "According to this live report from the courtroom, Dmitri will probably be out of jail real soon now. Of course, he still won't be allowed to leave Northern California, but it's a start ..." Soon after, inaneboy pointed out this Reuters story on yahoo which says that Sklyarov has been released, on 50,000 dollars bail, raised by his employer, ElcomSoft.
phalse phace wrote to say that the EFF has just posted an announcement as well as some background.
He's gonna have a lot of e-mail to catch up on. Wasn't he in jail for the whole SirCam bit?
BilldaCat
What is Think Geek going to do with all of those Free Dimitri shirts they just got in? Nobody is going to want them now....
he still won't be allowed to leave Northern California...
Which earnestly solicits the question "may he code???"
If god had intended you to be naked, you would have been born that way.
As Winston Churchill said (keep in mind his mother was American), "You can count on the Americans to do the right thing, once they've exhausted every other possible course of action."
Free as in *BUUURP!*
Is this a precursor to the widely expected split of California into North and South? Where is the boundary between these (soon to be two) states that Dimitry cannot cross?
Props to him on his bold defense of international freedom of speech.
-Ben
> His employer raised that money? That's great! Talk about dedication! More companies should back their employees in this manner.
> I can hardly believe this; are they hiring???
Why, you planning on getting arrested?
Thus allowing him to stay in the country, work to make enough money to eat and fuel the U.S legal system. (not necessarily in that order)
The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.
Of course the gun lobby is better armed....
Book publishers say they need a tough law like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or
they'll never be able to make money selling electronic books.
Gee. I wonder if I can get the U.S. Congress to pass a law that says I have to be able to make a profit, no matter what stupid business I decide to get into.