Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail

Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail 534

Posted by timothy on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:49PM from the roaming-the-streets-with-innocent-muggers-and-rapists dept.

Mike Schiraldi was the first to write about Dmitry Sklyarov's release from jail, even before it happened: "According to this live report from the courtroom, Dmitri will probably be out of jail real soon now. Of course, he still won't be allowed to leave Northern California, but it's a start ..." Soon after, inaneboy pointed out this Reuters story on yahoo which says that Sklyarov has been released, on 50,000 dollars bail, raised by his employer, ElcomSoft. phalse phace wrote to say that the EFF has just posted an announcement as well as some background.

Sklyarov Released On $50,000 Bail

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man (Score:5, Funny)

by BilldaCat ( 19181 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:55PM (#2163927) Homepage

He's gonna have a lot of e-mail to catch up on. Wasn't he in jail for the whole SirCam bit?

bail? (Score:2, Funny)

by AKA da JET ( 280057 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:55PM (#2163941) Homepage

I think the feds should pay HIM $50,000 personally and get him on a private luxery jet home and get down on their knees and beg for forgivness :)

ThinkGeek Is In Trouble... (Score:5, Funny)

by cmdrsed ( 472978 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:57PM (#2163950)

What is Think Geek going to do with all of those Free Dimitri [thinkgeek.com] shirts they just got in? Nobody is going to want them now....

Re:man (Score:4, Funny)

by tssm0n0 ( 200200 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:57PM (#2163954)

He's gonna have a lot of e-mail to catch up on. Wasn't he in jail for the whole SirCam bit?

Not to mention all the slashdot articles he's gonna have to read about himself...

now we get to the real question... (Score:3, Funny)

by 3-State Bit ( 225583 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @03:59PM (#2163968)

he still won't be allowed to leave Northern California...
Which earnestly solicits the question "may he code [eff.org]???"

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

by jmv ( 93421 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:09PM (#2164039) Homepage

The message our lawmakers are sending to hackers is clear; leave the copy protection alone and instead just beat the f*cking shit out of the copyright holder.

Hey, that calls for an "Open Beating" project!

Re:A couple SF Chronicle articles (Score:5, Funny)

by Chakat ( 320875 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:10PM (#2164053) Homepage

I love this quote from the first article you linked to:
Book publishers say they need a tough law like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or they'll never be able to make money selling electronic books. If programmers are allowed to crack eBook encryption, the next Napster-style trading system will be exchanging copies of "Moby Dick" instead of songs by Moby, they warn.

Uhh...someone better tell the AAP that "Moby Dick" is public domain, something that is legal to copy under the law

Re:Very indicative of our society today... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bozar ( 458678 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:12PM (#2164061) Homepage

As Winston Churchill said (keep in mind his mother was American), "You can count on the Americans to do the right thing, once they've exhausted every other possible course of action."

So he can't leave the STATE of Northern California (Score:3, Funny)

by Benjamin Shniper ( 24107 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:16PM (#2164095) Homepage

Is this a precursor to the widely expected split of California into North and South? Where is the boundary between these (soon to be two) states that Dimitry cannot cross?

Props to him on his bold defense of international freedom of speech.

-Ben

Re:Impressive (Score:4, Funny)

by Chairboy ( 88841 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:20PM (#2164127) Homepage

> His employer raised that money? That's great! Talk about dedication! More companies should back their employees in this manner.
> I can hardly believe this; are they hiring???

Why, you planning on getting arrested?

Re:man (Score:5, Funny)

by technos ( 73414 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:21PM (#2164134) Homepage Journal

Just wait.. Next thing you'll know, they'll have him up on 'Theft of Trade Secret' charges too because some dumbass at Adobe Sircamed him a copy of their new and improved eBook encryption spec..

In other news, Dmitry fastracked for Green Card (Score:3, Funny)

by smartin ( 942 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:29PM (#2164185)

Thus allowing him to stay in the country, work to make enough money to eat and fuel the U.S legal system. (not necessarily in that order)

Re:fp (Score:2, Funny)

by unformed ( 225214 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:36PM (#2164231)

yeah, first post after #84...

speaking of which i got first post too, right after the one before this one...

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

by DeePCedure ( 99267 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @04:51PM (#2164319)

Hey, that calls for an "Open Beating" project!
Would that be a sub-component of the "Open Sores" project?

Re:Good. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @05:08PM (#2164437)

"Free Beatings" was of course around first and ethically superior. That's 'free' as in 'your joints will come free of their sockets' not as in 'beer'

Re:He is not free, just has a much bigger cell... (Score:2, Funny)

by fenix down ( 206580 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @05:31PM (#2164620)

BTW, where the hell is he going to live during the trial? Did his company get him a hotel room or is he just going to roam the streets between court dates?
If it's the latter, I think the best course of action is for him to wander around San Fransisco asking for directions to the nuclear wessels.

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

by ethereal ( 13958 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @05:45PM (#2164720) Journal

Maybe we could do "DistributedBeating.net" - everybody piss off one copyright holder at a time on your computer's spare time.
Wait, this is starting to sound too much like Napster...

Re:How? (Score:3, Funny)

by CormacJ ( 64984 ) writes: <cormac.mcgaughey@NOSPAM.gmail.com> on Monday August 06, 2001 @06:37PM (#2164969) Homepage Journal

Of course the gun lobby is better armed....

Legislating profits? (Score:4, Funny)

by sandgroper ( 145126 ) writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @08:11PM (#2165354)

Book publishers say they need a tough law like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or
they'll never be able to make money selling electronic books.

Gee. I wonder if I can get the U.S. Congress to pass a law that says I have to be able to make a profit, no matter what stupid business I decide to get into.

Guinness (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 06, 2001 @09:00PM (#2165495)

It is Irish. That's the point. As far as I can tell, there are six different types of beer:
Stout, e.g. Guinness
Real Ale, e.g. JHB from Oakham
Brown Ale, e.g. Newcastle (Nukie) Brown
Bitter, e.g. Victoria Bitter (VB), Fiji Bitter
Lager, e.g. Heineken, Steinlager.
Sugar water that the cat slept in, e.g. Budweiser, Tooheys, Fosters.

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man (Score:5, Funny)

bail? (Score:2, Funny)

ThinkGeek Is In Trouble... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:man (Score:4, Funny)

now we get to the real question... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:A couple SF Chronicle articles (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Very indicative of our society today... (Score:5, Funny)

So he can't leave the STATE of Northern California (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Impressive (Score:4, Funny)

Re:man (Score:5, Funny)

In other news, Dmitry fastracked for Green Card (Score:3, Funny)

Re:fp (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Good. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:He is not free, just has a much bigger cell... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Good. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:How? (Score:3, Funny)

Legislating profits? (Score:4, Funny)

Guinness (Score:1, Funny)

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