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Technology & Science

Jul. 27, 2001

E-Book Hacker Can Repent for Alleged Crime at Shrine of Gutenberg

LOS ANGELES - Leave it to the Digital Revolution to turn the simple pleasures of reading and sharing books with friends into a legal mess. For anyone who thinks that he or she finally has overcome his or her inner Luddite, I recommend the case of Dmitry Sklyarov. The dude's predicament is enough to send the most fanatical nerd on a hand-and-knees pilgrimage of abject repentance to the Shrine of Gutenberg.

By Garry Abrams
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Leave it to the Digital Revolution to turn the simple pleasures of reading and sharing books with friends into a legal mess.
        For anyone who thinks that he or she finally has overcome his or her inner Luddite, I recommend the case of Dmitry Sklyarov. The dude's predicament is enough to send ...

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