ElcomSoft Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law

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ElcomSoft Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law

Posted by michael on Tuesday March 5, 2002 @12:48AM from the trying-hard dept.

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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Recipe for Slashbot by ReluctantBadger · 2002-03-05 00:50 · Score: -1, Troll
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Uncle Sam rules the nest... by pinkUZI · 2002-03-05 03:00 · Score: 0, Troll

I say its our internet. We invented it. If they don't want to play by our rules, they can disconnect.

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