from the ap
Dmitry Sklyarov, 27 and ElComSoft Co. Ltd. of Moscow were charged with five counts of copyright violations for writing a program that lets users of Adobe Systems’ eBook Reader get around copyright protections imposed by electronic-book publishers.”
something worth noting perhaps, is the ap’s use of term “copyright protection” in lieu of “copy protection.” of, course, this type of newspeak has been going on for quite some time now. unfortunately, over time, the intellectual property, specifically copyright laws have been shifting along with (or, as Orwell argues, as a result of) the shift in vocabulary.
of course, most people don’t really spend much time thinking about it, i suppose. and at the risk of being overly redundant, i’ll mention once again how few people, even at a senior class college level, whose livelihoods more or less depend on these very ip laws, none were familiar with basic intellectual property issues, much less the recent developments and shifts in copyright models. (when i gave my short presentation and asked for a raise of hands on familiarity with the topic, none came up).