[free-sklyarov] What did he do IN THE US that was 'wrong'?

[jenn at simegen.com]

Eli Therese wrote:

> Jenn V wrote:
>
>> Um. What did Sklyarov do *IN THE USA* that was against US law?
>> 
>> As I understand it, he did something *in Russia* that is against
>> US law, but NOT against Russian law.
>> 
>> As I understand it, all he did in the USA that was even remotely
>> potentially 'wrong' was present an academic paper.
>  
> His program was sold over the internet.
> And it was also available for US citizens, so they bought it. 

Yes, but he still didn't do anything *in the USA* that was wrong.
The US citizens who bought it might (or might not) have done 
something wrong.

But by the logic that 'he broke US law because it was available to US 
citizens', I have to take down my website lest I breach Taliban laws 
in Afghanistan by having photographs of myself with a bare head 
available to Afghan citizens.


So: what did he do IN THE USA that was against US law? And if 
the answer is 'nothing'... then why the hell is he in prison?

(And if the answer is 'nothing', then I'm suddenly scared of
ever setting foot in the US...)




Jenn V.
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