Russian Programmer Not Eager to be Celebrity (was Re: GigaLaw.com Daily News, August 13, 2001)

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 5:40 AM -0600 on 8/13/01, GigaLaw.com wrote:


> Russian Programmer Not Eager to be Celebrity
>      Dmitry Sklyarov, the Russian programmer whose arrest last month
> became a rallying cry for the international digerati, is a reluctant
> celebrity. Released on bail on charges of violating a controversial
> copyright law, the 26-year-old graduate student was taken aback to learn
> he had become a poster child for free speech, with a world-spanning
> network of supporters.
>      Read the article: SiliconValley.com @
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/sklyar081101.htm

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