While some believe that products such as AEBPR open the door for widespread piracy of copyrighted e-book material, others believe that companies such as Elcomsoft are working in the interests of e-book publishers: by exposing inherent weaknesses in any security model, holes are able to be patched, security improved, and material ultimately better protected from piracy. Dmitry Sklyarov's cause has been taken up by civil liberties groups such as the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF); protest actions have been staged and websites such as
www.freesklyarov.org and
www.boycottadobe.com have emerged. At the time of writing (August 2001), Dmitry Sklyarov was released on bail pending trial in Northern California; even though Adobe has dropped out of the Federal government's case against Sklyarov, the government is continuing to pursue prosecution of the case.
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