[KLUG Advocacy] Russian Software Firm Found Innocent of Copyright Infringment

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FYI - interesting comment made by foreman - last paragraph

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021217/ap_on_hi_te
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> > A federal jury on Tuesday acquitted a
> > Russian software firm of digital copyright
> > violations for creating a program that
> > cracks the security features of
> > Adobe Systems' electronic book software.
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> > The case against Elcomsoft Ltd. was the most
> > high-profile criminal prosecution under the
> > 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
> > which many in the technology industry consider
> > unduly restrictive.
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> > The defense had argued that the program
> > merely enabled owners of the eBook Reader
> > to exercise their rights to "fair use"
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> > "Under the eBook formats, you have
> > no rights at all, and the jury had
> > trouble with that concept,"
> > said Strader, the jury foreman.
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