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Intellectual Property

Dec. 15, 2001

Government Drops Charges Against Russian Programmer

SAN FRANCISCO - A criminal charge against the Russian computer programmer arrested for distributing a decryption program that defeats copyright protection for electronic book files is being dropped by federal authorities in exchange for his testimony in the case against his company.


By Xenia P. Kobylarz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A criminal charge against the Russian computer programmer arrested for distributing a decryption program that defeats copyright protection for electronic book files is being dropped by federal authorities in exchange for his testimony in the case against his company.
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