Attention Conservation Notice: Russian programmer arrested for violating the DMCA, extrajurisdictional action by the FBI, what should/can we do about it? As many of you know, Dmitry Sklyarov is a Russian programmer who has been arrested for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by writing software that can be used to circumvent copyright protection on Adobe eBooks. He's currently being held in OKC at the Federal Transfer Center. This case is messed up all the way around. The DMCA is a bad, and very pro-corporate anti-consumer law that is currently in the process of being globalized as nations around the world are encouraged to pass version of it. In addition to that, Sklyarov is a Russian programmer who was writing software for a Russian company in Russia. He was arrested after he came to the US to give a talk at DEFCON 8, a computer security conference. Finally, the company that originally brought charges against Sklyarov (Adobe) caved to public outcry and has recommended that he be released, but our Justice Department plans to prosecute him anyway in a new Tough on IP Crime stance. Anyway, I've been thinking about this case and I would like to something. I'm just not sure what the appropriate course of action is. Is anyone else interested in this issue? Logan -- Don't focus too much on generic structure; tailor each communication to its context. "Memo" is an artificial construct.