[ Thanks to Benjamin Urias Diaz for this
link. ]
“The federal government’s case against the Russian software firm
ElcomSoft–the first criminal trial under the controversial Digital
Millennium Copyright Act–seems to be in legal limbo after two key
witnesses were refused entry into the United States in
mid-October.“The American Embassy in Moscow has denied U.S. visas to Dmitry
Sklyarov–the Russian programmer jailed in California last year
after the government accused him of violating federal copyright
law–and his boss, ElcomSoft’s CEO, Alexander Katalov.“The company is accused of violating U.S. law by selling
software that strips Adobe eBooks of their copy-protection.
Sklyarov and Katalov, who live in Russia, were due to testify in
the case, which is scheduled to begin Oct. 21 in San Jose,
Calif…”