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Sklyarov Tells U.S. Court, 'I'm no hacker'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the semantics-aside dept.

DaytonCIM writes "Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer at the centre of the first Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prosecution, yesterday delivered his long-awaited testimony in the trial of his former employer, ElcomSoft." There are also stories at The Register and on CNET.

2 of 472 comments (clear)

  1. Re:doesn't matter by The+Monster · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Like I said on the gun debate, it comes down to an irrational fear of tools/technology. The fact is that tools are neither good nor evil; it is what people do with them that makes the difference.

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  2. Re:doesn't matter by cheekyboy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That means that cracking the Enigma in 1944 would have been illegal, oh the govt is exepct from rules, us plebs are just 'slaves of the economy' untill it fails are miserable death.

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    Enjoy your 401k when it hits zero.

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