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Norwegian Teen Pleads Innocent in DVD Copy Protection Trial
By  Doug Mellgren, Law.com, 12-10-2002
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1039054421144&t=LawArticleTech

"Jon Lech Johansen was 15 when he wrote and distributed without charge
on the Internet a program that unlocked copy-protected DVDs, giving
Hollywood nightmares and making him a folk hero among hackers."
(Contributed by Stephen Davies)
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Sklyarov testifies in copyright trial
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, December 9, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-976621.html

"The long-awaited live testimony of Dmitry Sklyarov finally got under
way in the ElcomSoft trial Monday afternoon, when the Russian programmer
took the stand for the defense."
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Feds Rest in Russian Software Co. Case
By BOB PORTERFIELD, Yahoonews.com, Dec 6
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=528&ncid=528&e=14&u=/ap/20021206/ap_on_hi_te/russian_programmer_2

" Federal prosecutors rested their case Thursday against a Russian
company accused of selling a computer program that allowed users to
circumvent the security of Adobe Systems' electronic book software."
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Rice U. Disciplines 15 Students in Cheating Scandal; Varsity Athletes
Reportedly Were Involved
By JENNIFER K. RUARK, Chronicle.com, December 9, 2002
http://chronicle.com/daily/2002/12/2002120907n.htm

"More than a dozen students at Rice University have been found guilty of
cheating on the final exam of a lower-level physics course. A majority
of the students involved were varsity athletes, an anonymous member of
the student Honor Council told the university's student newspaper, The
Rice Thresher."