[free-sklyarov] Generic reply to the "break into your house" comments

[Andrew Lawrence]

On July 25, 2001 07:17 am, Neon Samurai wrote:
> Yes, I do see you're point, and I did not mean to imply that
> ignorance of the law was an excuse.  However, the only intent that could
> be attributed to Dmitry was research.  It is true that he intended to
> circumvent a 'digital encryption technology,' but with the intent of
> encryption research, which is supposedly not prohibited by the DMCA, but
> for some reason, that clause is never taken into consideration by either
> law enforcement or the judiciary.

This is because the research exemption is written so that it will apply only 
if you do your research in secret and keep the results secret.