well yeah, look at Skylarov, the Russian guy
Adobe dropped the charges but he is still in trouble.

HAL is @ www.hal2001.org

you probably missed it, but it will be held in Holland again in 2005
every four years they have it, every time a diffrent name
this time it whas named HAL after Arthur C Clarke's Space Odyssey
Doug Adams whas allso the center of attention
take a look at my HAL thread in events/conferences