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Sklyarov, Elcomsoft Plead Not Guilty

Posted by michael on from the if-the-bits-dont-fit,-you-must-acquit dept.

squared99 writes: "I'm sure it has already flooded slashdot, but Dmitri has entered his plea, not guilty. This NYTimes article talks about it. Not sure I like the mention of bumper stickers, as opposed to the real people who have been protesting, but at least it talks about the support he has been getting. It even appeared as one the main newsworthy item on my daily NYTimes newsletter, Yay! Let's keep up the support and protests. As my brother said to me the other day, "The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them."" See also Elcomsoft's statement about the case, a story in the Boston Globe, and this cute fable about a DMCA future. Update: 08/31 19:37 PM GMT by M : one more link - the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned its programmers not to travel to the United States.

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  1. THIS JUST IN! by oliphaunt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    See what President Georege W. Bush has to say about this!

    ok, so I'm lying. At least it't not goat related.

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  2. Miscommunication by omarius · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them."

    I read this as,

    "The only way to beat bullets is to stand up to them."

    and thought, ummmm, "No."

    :P,

    -Omar

  3. A little late by Staciebeth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why did it take Slashdot so long to post this story? I used to come to Slashdot to get news before I could get it elsewhere, but I heard this at 7 AM on NPR! Sheesh.

  4. For the record . . . by SanLouBlues · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it Dmitri or Dmitry? I see it one way in the elcomsoft statement, and the other in the nytimes.

  5. Urge to kill.....rising.... by Sarcasmooo! · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How is this legal? The action of monitoring people and their 'transgressions' may be done by advertisers and websites all the time, but at the very least they've been required to post a privacy policy, or an opt-out arrangement. Required might be an assumption, maybe they just know better than to cross that line of complete deception and risk legal action.

    (This is offtopic, I know. I got to the ranger site from the salon article linked by the 'cute fable')

  6. Re:Beowolf by anichan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A beowolf cluster of lawers? Wouldn't that yeild the Micro$oft legal team?

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