Yahoo!/Reuters: Russian Programmer Indicted in Copyright Case

“U.S. officials indicted a Russian software programmer
and his Moscow-based employer on Tuesday on charges of violating a
controversial new U.S. copyright law, signaling the collapse of
plea-bargain talks in a case that has sparked international
protests.

Dmitry Sklyarov, 26, and ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. were named in the
five-count indictment filed in San Jose federal district court,
prosecutors said.

They are charged with selling and conspiracy to sell technology
designed to circumvent the new U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA), which bans the sale of technology that can allow people
to thwart copyright protections in computer and electronic
programs.”

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