Firm cleared in copyright case

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002 | 11:12 a.m.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A Russian software firm accused of violating the controversial 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act was found innocent on all counts today by a federal jury.

Moscow-based Elcomsoft Co. Ltd. was charged with five counts of marketing software that prosecutors contended was designed solely to crack the security codes of Adobe Systems' electronic book publishing software.

The copyright act, which was being tested at trial for the first time, prohibits the production and distribution of any product that circumvents security features of digital media.

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