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11 Oct 2001
Adobe has launched a more secure version of its controversial eBook Reader software for the European market.
This time the company claims to have beefed up the encryption techniques which landed Russian programmer Dmitri Sklyarov in jail after he cracked them.
The eBook Reader is used to copy-protect electronic books, encoding the text so that it cannot be duplicated.
But Sklyarov went public with a tool he developed to prove that Adobe's encryption system wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
This time however, Adobe claims that the software is impervious to the tool developed by the cryptographer.
As a result of his findings Sklyarov was arrested for violating the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act and, although Adobe dropped its case under pressure, the US Government is still pressing for prosecution.
Sklyarov is due to make his next court appearance sometime in November and, if convicted, faces a prison term of up to five years and a fine of around $500,000.
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