On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:39:06PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> > An unconstitutional law. A law which limits freedom in a country which is
> > ultimately governed by "Congress shall make no law..."
> >
> > If you can't catch that clue, there is no hope.
>
> The interesting thing in this case is that Dmitry was not arrested for
> discussing or revealing information about Adobe's arguably-sucky copy
> protection system. If you read the FBI affidavit
> (http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sklyarov.htm), you'll note that the FBI
> seems only concerned about his commercial activities:
[ ... ]
> That's because the DMCA only makes commercial circumvention a crime:
>
> (a) In general. -- Any person who violates section 1201 or 1202
> willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private
> financial gain,
Wrong. See that phrase 'private financial gain'?
That means that any(!!!) activity, private or commercial, which reduces
the cash flow INTO the corporation is a legitimate target. So simply
talking about it is most definitely a crime. So, while in this case they
may not have decided to go this route, the route is still there.
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