Editing ElcomSoft (section)

==DMCA case==
{{main|United States v. Elcom Ltd.}}

On July 16, 2001, [[Dmitry Sklyarov]], a Russian citizen employed by ElcomSoft who was at the time visiting the United States for [[DEF CON (convention)|DEF CON]], was arrested and charged for violating the United States [[DMCA]] law by writing ElcomSoft's Advanced eBook Processor software. He was later released on bail and allowed to return to Russia, and the charges against him were dropped. The charges against ElcomSoft were not, and a court case ensued, attracting much public attention and protest. On December 17, 2002, ElcomSoft was found not guilty of all four charges under the DMCA.<ref name="Ardito">{{cite journal |title=The Case of Dmitry Sklyarov—This is the first criminal lawsuit under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act |author=Stephanie Ardito |journal=[[Information Today]] 
|volume=18 |issue=10 |date=November 2001 |url=https://www.infotoday.com/IT/nov01/ardito.htm |accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref>