Elcomsoft Case Proceeds; U.S. Claims Jurisdiction

An anonymous reader sent in this Reuters article noting that the Elcomsoft case will go forward. Elcomsoft had asserted that the United States didn't have jurisdiction. This is not really ground-breaking news; Elcomsoft did sell its software to people in the United States and it's not surprising that a U.S. court would claim jurisdiction over this. Elcomsoft is also claiming that enforcement of the DMCA violates the Constitutional right to free speech, and that the part of the DMCA which prohibits distributing devices which circumvent protection measures is so vague that enforcement of it violates the Constitutional right to due process under the Fifth Amendment. (See EFF's archive for more.) One or both of these claims may have a greater chance of success than the jurisdiction claim.

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Is this a surprise?

[nuggz]

This isn't a surprise.
The US will do what they please, it is one of the reasons people get pissed off.

The journalist (Pearl?) in pakistan, they want to extradite the accused to the US.
The crime was murder in pakistan, why extradite to the US? Because he was an American?

US citizens and the US government want everyone to follow US laws and courts. They are using their power and influence to make countries comply (Ukraine).

Is this really a shock to anyone?

Although this is somewhat poorly worded it isn't intended as a troll, sorry I'm an engineer not an editor.