BBC News - Legal Victory for 'DVD Hacker'
An appeals court clears a Norwegian man of DVD piracy charges brought against him by the US movie industry.
Can Hyperlinks Be Outlawed?
"Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
Criminal Code?
"A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community." By C. Scott Ananian. [Salon]
DeCSS Ban Upheld by Court
"A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld an order that prohibits publishing or linking to DVD-cracking code--a decision with sweeping significance for free-speech rights and co…
DeCSS Decoy
"A free-software fanatic unleashes a 'useless' program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
DeCSS Down Under
"A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
DMCA 2, Freedom 0
"2600 is reporting that they've lost their Appeal in the 2nd Circuit court." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
DVD Group: Stop Wearing Our Code!
"A geek-chic retailer who printed the source code for a DVD decryption program on T-shirts is the latest target of a lawsuit claiming defendants co-opted the secrets behind DVD enc…
Free Speech Shrinking on the Net?
Article in ZDnet provides information about decisions in two lawsuits that tested controversial copyright legislation.
Hollywood's War on Open Source
"Other News "Matthew Pavlovich arrived home from a Caribbean cruise with his parents and grandparents over the holidays to discover he was a wanted man." By Lisa Bowman. [ZDNe…
Jon Johansen Indicted by Norwegian Authorities
"The authorities responsible for investigating economic crime in Norway today (after 2 years of 'investigation') charged JLJ for violating a law regarding computer 'break-ins', com…
Movie Industry Wins a Round in DVD Copyright Case
"A federal judge in Manhattan ruled today that a Web site operator cannot distribute a computer program used to crack codes that prevent the piracy of movies." By John Sullivan. [N…
Nothing Says Free Speech like Posting DVD-hacking Code
"A diverse group of computer scientists, journalists and librarians is asking a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that prevents people from posting or linking to the code …
Stop wearing our code
Article in ZDnet about a geek-chic retailer who printed the source code for a DVD decryption program on T-shirts, and resulting lawsuit.
Web War Rages Over DVD Cracking Site
"In a move that free-speech activists hope will be trendsetting, Internet service provider Verio is standing up to the movie industry by refusing to remove a Web site the Motion Pi…
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