-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Johansen NOT Guilty of Piracy in DeCSS Case Norwegian teenager Jon Johansen was found not guilty of DVD piracy charges for his role in creating and distributing the DeCSS DVD decryption program. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979414.html http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979769.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57107,00.html [Editorial Note (Schultz): Hopefully, U.S. court rulings over the years will achieve a reasonable balance between protecting the interests of copyright holders and the freedom to research vulnerabilities. This ruling leans towards the latter, but more rulings will undoubtedly come in time.] - -- "DRM.. Digitally Retarded Media. That's exactly what it is - content that cannot reach its full potential because of artificial restraints." -Paul Rickard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KjBwrnzt99/TR+cRAjxbAJsHjnlWsc/myswTrOr4y9Bdkjd6mwCdFGwF C1s4KACT7pqLuDqDLdUYQLI= =T6M0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 23:58:24 -0500 "Fred A. Miller" <fmiller@lightlink.com> wrote:
Johansen NOT Guilty of Piracy in DeCSS Case
I think the judge's ruling makes good sense: "You buy it, you can break it" But judges cleared Johansen after he said he'd created DeCSS so he could play a DVD he'd bought on a Linux machine. The court said Johansen had the right to access a DVD he had legally purchased. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
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