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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Conventions are dangerous ;-)
From:       Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples () mtu-net ! ru>
Date:       2001-07-19 10:51:36
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On Tuesday 17 July 2001 21:37, Waldo Bastian wrote:
|   Long live the DMCA. I think we better not hold KDE conventions here in
| the former-free world.
|

Same news on C-Net:
 Russian crypto expert arrested at Def Con
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6592390.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0

Important note: this guy can't be treated as "hacker", anyway.
So wired.com headline is misleading and wrong.
He is employed by local [Russian] company, and doing the job company asks him.
According to Russian laws, "backup of software" (which in this case, "saving 
e-book as PDF") is not only legal, but also *required* by law.
So, actually he implemented feature which Adobe failed to implement :-) 
Now I just wondering *when* usage of Adobe software will be officialy 
prohibited here.
It's not allowed for Microsoft to sell WindowsNT with 128-bit encryption in 
Russia [only 40-bit], and as Adobe *encrypted PDF* falls into category of 
*encryption software*, or *encrypted content* (which is, supposely, not 
licensed in Russian analog of FBI, called FAPSI), I guess authorities here 
have full rights to stop sales of Adobe software...
Don't know how long is encryption key in Adobe's e-Books, but if it is longer 
than 40-bits, than Adobe is in trouble...

|   Cheers,
|   Waldo
|
|   ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
|
|   Subject: Conventions are dangerous ;-)
|   Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:09:04 -0700
|
|     Russian Adobe Hacker Busted (Politics 7:04 a.m. PDT)
|     http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45298,00.html?tw=wn20010717
|     A Russian programmer who wrote a program that bypasses encrypted Adobe
|   Acrobat files is arrested by FBI agents after giving a speech. Declan
|   McCullagh reports from Las Vegas.
|
|   -------------------------------------------------------

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