When performing searches for this post I came across one article concerning two students who were apparently at the center of this case, Nelson Pavlosky and Luke Smith. They were two Swarthmore students who posted the 15,000 internal emails from Diebold on their site.

In the article, this was the quote I found most interesting:
"First, they asked fellow student activists nationwide to take turns posting the material. And second, they sued Diebold for abusing copyright law.

"We were scared out of our minds!" says Pavlosky, his dark eyes widening. "We thought we were kissing our futures goodbye." Ohio-based Diebold had revenues of $2.1 billion last year, and the two students and their pro bono legal team fully expected a countersuit."

I didn't realize that these students actually engaged Diebold in a legal action. I suppose it's good to know that they and their lawyers were willing to stand up for this.