[link|http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/4762270.htm|Copyright verdict, new technology are reasons to hope]
I find myself wondering if the jury did a little of what legal folks call `nullification'' -- refusing to convict a defendant when the law itself is a bad one or a conviction feels unjust.
Wish he'd have covered that more - I suspect a lot of people are unaware of it.