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Dec 17 21:40 UTC 2002

The U.S. government has lost its DMCA case against Elcomsoft for
producing a product to decrypt Adobe e-books.

http://online.securityfocus.com/news/1857

'Lawyers for the Russian company said Elcomsoft's program simply allowed
users to make backup copies of eBooks and be able to read them on other
devices, something permitted under the "fair use" concept of copyright law.

'Jury foreman Dennis Strader said the argument made a big impact on the
jurors, who asked U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte to clarify the
"fair use" definition shortly after deliberations began.

'"Under the eBook formats, you have no rights at all, and the jury had
trouble with that concept," said Strader.'