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ElcomSoft Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law

NetRanger writes: "ElcomSoft, the company that employed Dmitry Sklyarov, has fired its opening shot, asking the court to dismiss the charges. Their argument: since the Russian company is based on the Internet, it is outside the jurisdiction of the DMCA. This is rather interesting if it holds up, because it would set a precedent which would allow other countries to tell the DMCA to just go away. If not, ElcomSoft could be out $2.25 million dollars, and the USA could find itself cold-shouldered by a lot of countries with less draconian copyright laws." Wired has another story.

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  2. ElcomSoft Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  4. Re:Recipe for Slashbot by ReluctantBadger · · Score: -1, Offtopic


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  5. Consider... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that this fucko spent perhaps as much as an hour to prepare this screed, "Recipe for Slashbot", then waited for god knows HOW long (days? weeks?) to get an opportunity to copy and paste it and hit the 'Submit' button for a shot at a frosty pist.

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  6. Re:This is stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    than that company

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