Copyright jury says "not guilty"

roundup The high-profile case against ElcomSoft is first big test of Digital Millennium Copyright Act's criminal provisions. Elsewhere, a teen faces sentencing on charges of DVD hacking. Judges have also weighed in recently on spam, international libel law and prisoner rights.

ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty
In the first major test of the criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a jury finds ElcomSoft not guilty of creating a tool to steal eBooks.
December 17, 2002

Teen DVD hacking trial comes to end
The trial in Norway of Jon Johansen, co-creator of the DeCSS copy-protection cracking program, draws to a close with the teenager facing a maximum sentence of two years.
December 16, 2002

RIAA targets small stores' CD copying
The trade association that represents the major record labels launches a new antipiracy campaign, threatening to sue gas stations and convenience stories that sell counterfeit CDs.
December 16, 2002

other court coverage
AOL awarded millions in spam case
A Virginia federal court awards America Online nearly $7 million in damages as part of the Internet service providers' legal victory over a junk e-mail operation.
December 16, 2002

Web rights break into prisons
Prisoner rights groups are cheering a federal court ruling that quashes attempts to halt Web postings that mention prisoners.
December 16, 2002

U.S. court says no to Web libel lawsuit
In the wake of an Australian ruling suggesting that Web publishers are fair game for libel suits anywhere their content appears, a U.S. federal court veers in the opposite direction.
December 16, 2002