Complex sentence: The release of DeCSS resulted in a Norway criminal trial, resulting in acquittal, of one of the authors of DeCSS; and the DVD CCA launched numerous lawsuits in the United States in an effort to stop the distribution of the software.
Split into simpler sentences: The release of DeCSS resulted in a Norway criminal trial and subsequent acquittal of one of the authors of DeCSS. The DVD CCA launched numerous lawsuits in the United States in an effort to stop the distribution of the software.