Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 06:27 pm

Gerry Quinn wrote:
> invalid@address.co.uk.invalid says...
>> Gerry Quinn wrote:
> 
>>> I trust that you have never been inconvenienced by users of other
>>> fine Elcomsoft products such as 'Advanced Email Extractor",
>>> "Advanced Direct Remailer", and "Advanced NT Security Explorer".
> 
>> Are these more examples of Russian software being produced in
>> Russia by Russian nationals under Russian law?
> 
> I assume so, but they only came to my attention when
> English-language versions were offered for sale worldwide.
> 
>>> If you had been, you might be a little less indignant at the
>>> fact of Sklyarov being sued for his part in the production and
>>> sale in the US of "Advanced eBook Processor".
> 
>> If he broke American copyright law (and that's very much in doubt,
>> since the program he wrote was written in Russia under Russian
>> law, not in the USA under USA law), then by all means let Adobe
>> sue him, and let a judge decide whether he has broken US law
>> /whilst on US soil/. But Adobe had him /imprisoned/. That's a
>> very different matter indeed.
> 
> The program, on the face of it, violates the DMCA - there was
> certainly a case to answer.  The crime he was accused of
> specifically related to copies sold in the US.
> 
> I imagine that when a foreign national on a visit is arrested
> on a serious charge, the possibility of him fleeing the
> jurisdiction is considered a live one by police forces
> everywhere.  However, Sklyarov was released on bail after
> three weeks, and eventually allowed to leave the country.
> 
> He got off lightly enough, in my view.

If there is a real crime here, it is the DMCA.

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