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Dimitry Sklyarov faces several charges of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. He could face up to a quarter million dollars in fines and 25 years in jail if he is convicted on all of them. It's been almost two months since he was arrested. This week his wife, Oksana and his two children came to the United States to visit him and lend him moral support. According to Russian news reports, Oksana Sklyarov plans to remain in the U.S. until late September -- but she expressed no interest in attending upcoming court hearings. The next court appearance is scheduled for September 24. After that, she hopes the U.S. federal court will allow Dimitry to return home to Russia once the structure is in place for the trial; he would return periodically as requested by the court and his legal team.

The family's travel costs and expenses are being financed by his employer, ElcomSoft Co. Ltd, which also was indicted last week for DMCA violations. Both Sklyarov and ElcomSoft entered not guilty pleas after efforts at reaching a plea agreement apparently stalled out last week. This is going to be a very long and complicated trial. Not to mention embarrassing if the U. S. State department loses. The fact that they are allowing Sklyarov to leave the country indicates that they hope he does not return to face trial. This would save the State Department the embarrassment of a trial on a very controversial law and allow them to claim victory by default. If Sklyarov returns for his trial, he will have won the first round by just showing up. Project Gutenberg Reader (http://www.pgreader.com) has launched version 1.0 of its eBook site. The free site is designed to improve the readability of the eTexts by displaying them in HTML and through a web browser. The site lets users download a Project Gutenberg eText file, read online in a web browser and even buy a paper version at Amazon or Chapters.

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