Trial Is Delayed in Digital Copyright Case

		October 18, 2002

Trial Is Delayed in Digital Copyright Case

By REUTERS

AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17 (Reuters) � The trial of a Russian software company accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was pushed back today after a defendant and a witness were denied visas to come to the United States.

The trial of the company, ElcomSoft, set to begin Monday, is now scheduled to start Dec. 2 in federal court in San Jose, Calif.

Judy Trummer, spokeswoman for the defense team, said the delay was intended to give prosecutors time to obtain visas for the president of ElcomSoft, Alexander Katalov, and an employee, Dmitry Sklyarov.

ElcomSoft is charged with selling software that allows users to open the digital locks on electronic books in violation of the copyright act.

Mr. Katalov is named as a defendant, and Mr. Sklyarov is expected to be a witness in a trial that will focus on efforts to force greater copyright protections in the digital media.

Mr. Sklyarov was arrested in July 2001 after presenting the software at a hacker convention in Las Vegas. He was later released and promised that charges would be dropped in exchange for his testimony.

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