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U.S. To Drop Charges Against Sklyarov

Posted by timothy on from the in-exchange-for-testimony dept.

Schmerd writes: "The New York Times has a story saying that charges will be dropped against Dmitry Sklyarov in exchange for his testimony against his employer ElcomSoft." Si adds: "It looks like Dmitri might be home for Christmas. This is not the end of the trial, but it appears Dmitri has been freed, pending certain stipulations." jij adds this breaking news article on the Associated Press wire as well. (The AP story is also at Wired). Update: 12/13 22:23 GMT by T : sam@caveman.org links to a slightly more in-depth AP report at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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  1. freedsklyarov.org by waldoj · · Score: 3, Funny

    [waldo@tux]$ whois freesklyarov.org

    AgentZero Technologies
    955 Massachusetts Ave #130
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    US

    Domain Name: FREESKLYAROV.ORG

    Record last updated on 13-Dec-2001.
    Record expires on 18-Jul-2002.

    [waldo@tux]$ whois freedsklyarov.org

    No match for domain "FREEDSKLYAROV.ORG".

    Hmm...

    -Waldo Jaquith

  2. Hmmm, the same day that we withdraw from ABM... by JeremyYoung · · Score: 2, Funny

    It makes you wonder...

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    Go Lakers!

  3. Re:Dmitry: Write a Book of Your Experience by 2Bits · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yeah, and don't forget to publish in eBook format. I'll buy a copy in eBook format, then use the program you wrote to crack it too.

    Boy, that'll be fun!

  4. Re:DMCA will never get to the US Supreme Court by kurt555gs · · Score: 2, Funny

    A good friend of mine who is a former legislator in Illinois told me "The only law i ever passed that i was sure was constitutional was a pay raise for the Supreme Court"

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