ElcomSoft employee Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested in July 2001 for simply talking about his company’s software, which could be used to remove the copy protection from Adobe eBooks. Today, a thankfully-sane jury found ElcomSoft not guilty. Here’s the one of more interesting parts of the News.com article (emphasis mine):
Hopefully this provide a small amount of momentum against the draconian aspects of the DMCA. Shame on Adobe for forcing customers to have to crack their digital media just so they can make a backup or take it on a plane with them. News.com story | News.com: DMCA critics say reform still needed | Boing Boing | Dan Gillmor: Copyright verdict, new technology are reasons to hope