Re:A boy who stole Half-Life 2
by justsomehnguy on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:16PM
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>> However, ElcomSoft's product, and thus presumably the efforts of its employees including Sklyarov, were entirely legal in Russia. Sklyarov was eventually released on bail, but forced to remain in California, separated from his family, until his case concluded
I had to look it up, but it's Dmitry Sklyarov [1], who worked for the russian-based ElcomSoft, which was known for selling all sorts of DRM cracking programs.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.