Published Dec 14, 2001 8:35 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 5:56 pm
Charges will be dropped against a Russian computer programmer accused of violating electronic-book copyrights in exchange for his testimony in the trial of his company. That ends part of a case that has generated worldwide protests. Dmitry Sklyarov was charged in the first criminal prosecution under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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