https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Articles category en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 07:25:45 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852294-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 that can help crack DVD encryption." By Stefanie Olsen. [ZDNet] Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:14:00 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852294 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852303-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. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:30:14 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852303 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852293-dmca-2-freedom-0 "2600 is reporting that they've lost their Appeal in the 2nd Circuit court." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot] Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:47:04 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852293 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852288-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. [New York Times] Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:45:35 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852288 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852297-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 Picture Association of America says is illegal." By Paul Somerson. [ZDNet] Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:37:00 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852297 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852278-decss-decoy "A free-software fanatic unleashes a 'useless' program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code." By Damien Cave. [Salon] Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:24:42 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852278 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852299-hollywoods-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. [ZDNet] Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:51:12 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852299 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852301-free-speech-shrinking-on-the-net Article in ZDnet provides information about decisions in two lawsuits that tested controversial copyright legislation. Sat, 06 Jul 2024 06:56:13 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852301 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852264-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] Sat, 18 May 2024 19:16:30 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852264 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7852298-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 encryption." [ZDNet] Sun, 12 May 2024 20:17:03 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7852298