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["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty
By Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, December 17, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978176.html

"A jury on Tuesday acquitted a Russian software company of criminal
copyright charges related to selling a program that can crack
antipiracyprotections on electronic books." 
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Copyright verdict, new technology are reasons to hope
By Dan Gillmor, Mercury News/Silliconvalley.com, Dec. 17, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4762271.htm

"The past several days have brought good news on two fronts in the
copyright war. An unjust prosecution  has ended in acquittal, and some
pro-freedom activists launched some useful new technology."
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DMCA critics say reform still needed
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, December 17, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978296.html

"A congressman who is trying to defang a controversial copyright law
said Tuesday that he's not deterred by an acquittal in the first
criminal prosecution brought under it."
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Verdict Seen As Blow to DMCA, Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56898,00.html
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The Indictment (US v. Elcom, Ltd. and Dmitry Sklyarov):
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/skylarov/indict82801.pdf
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Scientists Plan 2 Online Journals to Make Articles Available 'Freely and
Universally'
By ANDREA L. FOSTER, Chronicle.com, December 18, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/12/2002121801t.htm 

'Having failed to force journals to post their content online for anyone
to use, a group of scientists announced Tuesday that they plan to
publish two new scholarly journals of their own online, free of charge
to readers. The scientists have received a $9-million grant from the
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to help pay for the project."
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Exceptions Sought to Copyright Rules
By Edmund Sanders, LaTimes.com, December 18, 2002
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-copy18dec18,0,5043844.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dbusiness

" A handful of library organizations, universities and digital-rights
groups plan to ask the U.S. Copyright Office today for permission to
bypass a controversial copy-protection law, but few hold out hope that
the agency will grant their request."