Copyright verdict, new technology are reasons to hope (SiliconValley)

[Posted December 18, 2002 by corbet]

Here is Dan Gillmor's take on the ElcomSoft verdict. "Judge Ronald Whyte, presiding over the case, upheld the U.S. government's right to prosecute the Russian company. His holding that the law itself was constitutional, despite its killing of fair use rights, was even more disturbing. But he was following Congress' dictates -- or, to be precise, Congress' enacting of what it was told to do by the entertainment and software barons. That's the biggest shame of all, and we should all be grateful that the San Jose jury did its duty." The column also talks a bit about the Creative Commons project.

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