[free-sklyarov] Backlash

[Ben Ford]

douglay at relicorp.com wrote:

>The other article, by the Patricia Seybold Group, is unfortunately 
>harder to attack, because it makes one good point.  This article is 
>available at the Planet Ebook site:
>
>http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=196
>
>The point they make is that Elcomsoft was profiting off of the E-Book 
>cracking software, which they believe undercuts the argument that 
>Dmitry was engaging in academic research.  They also point out that 
>the charges against Dmitry do not directly pertain to his 
>presentation at DefCon.
>

I don't know if this is true or not, but Dimitry himself said that they 
charged $100 for the program to DISCOURAGE people from buying it.  After 
all, $100 is a lot more than an $8.95 eBook!  According to him, their 
intent was for producers of these products to purchase the software to 
test their encryption with and for people who genuinely needed it, as in 
a blind person who could not read eBooks, not for the average Napster 
using pirate.

-b

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