Not directly perl related, but of interest... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021217/ap_on_hi_te/russian_programmer_3
> 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. > 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. > The defense had argued that the program > merely enabled owners of the eBook Reader > to exercise their rights to "fair use" > "Under the eBook formats, you have > no rights at all, and the jury had > trouble with that concept," > said Strader, the jury foreman. Trial by jury wins out in the end... Greg _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
