On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, John (EBo) David wrote: > Jim wrote: > > > > Everyone has read about the Sklyarov arrest by now. What is interesting is > > that the FBI met with Adobe personnel and were convinced to arrest a Russian > > national for what Adobe terms violation of the DMCA. > > Boy do I feel like a hick in tinsletown... Who is Sklyarov, and what is > DMCA? > > EBo -- EBo, See http://www.eff.org/ There is a leading story, with comments and links. Sklyarov was arrested at DefCon, after presenting on how to circumvent the security on eBooks. (about as tough as ROT13, if I've heard correctly) Wonder how this little occurance will impact next year's DefCon. This year they allowed *cameras* inside...a previous no-no. A lot of things slipped this year, IMHO. Big crowds. More script kiddies running around. Lower quality in some of the talks...but still some good ones, admittedly. We'll see. -Curtis #include -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis Zinzilieta office: curtis@valinux.com Professional Services Engineer mobile: 520.606.5753 VA Linux Systems personal: clz@sw.incantations.com --------------------------------------------------------------------