Dmitry Sklyarov

A 27-year-old Russian citizen, Ph.D. student who studies cryptography, and father of two small children (2 1/2 year old son, 3 month old daughter), involves Advanced eBook Processor (AEBPR), software developed by Sklyarov's Russian employer elcomsoft

Sklyarov was arrested and jailed July 17, 2001 in Las Vegas, NV, at the behest of Adobe Systems, according to the DOJ complaint (link at right). He was charged with distributing a product designed to circumvent copyright protection measures. He was held in various jails unti his release on $50,000 bail on Aug. 6, 2001. He was not allowed to leave California and at that time had not seen his wife or children since leaving Russia for the conference in July (and expecting to be home in a few days).


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