ElcomSoft Files For Dismissal Of E-Book Case

EconomyGuy writes: "ElcomSoft, the Russian software company accused of such evils as producing software to enable the blind to read legally obtained e-books, has filed for a dismissal of the charge that they violated the DMCA. Their main arguments seem to be what we anyone would expect: the DMCA is too vague, copyright holders have too much power, infringement of 1st amendment rights. CNN has all the details, as well as news.com. Interesting to note that there is no mention of the 'we didn't violate Russian law' argument." The efforts to get the case dismissed will no doubt continue.

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[Lord Omlette]

Bush has screwed Russia before (ABM Treaty). If they brought up the 'Well, Russian Law permits it' argument, I'm sure the administration would be happy to smack it down.

Under normal circumstances. Actually, with this whole Enron mess going on, they could probably sneak anything by.

Of course it's one way...

[alexhmit01]

Cause we've got the bomb... or more directly, because the might of the United States military protects US citizens from these dangers.

Any country is welcome to try to hold the US President criminally responsible for violating their laws. My money is on the US Military keeping Bush our of their court room.

If you are a third world dictator and want to keep out of the US Courts, build a military that can compete.

Notions of International Justice and human rights are great ideas to either mentally masterbate over or use as a motivational tool for actions.

If you were to try to reverse the situation you wouldn't here about sovereignty, you'd hear about beating the bad guys.

Look, the free world exists because of the US military's actions from 1917-1991. Until you accept that, don't expect American's to care about your perceived injustices.

Yes, Americans think they run the world.

History of the previous century has given Americans no indication that they are wrong.

Actions of last fall attempted to put the US in its place... things are looking better right now.

Alex

Re:Irony

[John Miles]

"German attitudes." (reeks of racism)

Germany's a nation, not a "race." Your(?) mention of human rights in the context of German law and culture was what started this (sub)thread.

By your definition, people who believe in natural rights are "good guys" and those who don't believe in you higher principles are "bad guys".

Um, no. But thanks for playing.

There are no good or bad guys. There are communities of individuals of the species homo sapiens, the majority of these community drew up a plan of how they want to coexist. They can choose whatever "rights" they want.

Correct, until a bigger, badder community of individuals arrives and dictates otherwise. Aren't you glad the biggest, baddest community around at the moment (the USA) has a more liberal perspective on freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion than you do? :-)

The "law"(there are no laws, this is simply a principle most organism follow) of the jungle.

It's good to see that your government hasn't indexed Nietzsche yet.

Also, is the Mafia also an abstract group to you?

All groups are abstractions.