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

[John Bridleman]

* rels (rels@infi.net) wrote:
> 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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> > > "Under the eBook formats, you have
> > > no rights at all, and the jury had
> > > trouble with that concept,"
> > > said Strader, the jury foreman.

As they should. The news.com story:
 - http://rss.com.com/2100-1023-978176.html?type=pt&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
said that the jury thought the program "was illegal but acquitted the company because they believed the company didn't mean to violate the law."

This is a far cry from wiping out the DMCA. But every little victory helps. 
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John Bridleman / www.bridleman.org