mojo
01-20-2002, 09:46 PM
http://www.eff.org/IP/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/
Freedom of speech should not be sacrificed in the movie industry's war to restrict the public from playing DVDs on their platform of choice, backing up DVDs they have purchased, and making other fair uses of DVDs. helping defend a Norwegian teenager, Jon Johansen, who is being prosecuted by the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit (ØKOKRIM) under Norwegian Criminal Code 145(2), simply for trying to access the data on his own DVD. Johansen created DeCSS software that can enable DVD playback on Linux, among other lawful uses. Despite the fact that DeCSS is not needed to infringe DVDs, the motion picture industry has launched numerous lawsuits and prosecutions in the US and abroad to ban the software, on the basis that DeCSS is a "piracy tool".
Jon Johansen has been indicted (as of Jan. 9, 2002), at the request of the US DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) and the Norwegian Motion Picture Association (MAP), allies of the US Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). He could face two years in prison if convicted.
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Freedom of speech should not be sacrificed in the movie industry's war to restrict the public from playing DVDs on their platform of choice, backing up DVDs they have purchased, and making other fair uses of DVDs. helping defend a Norwegian teenager, Jon Johansen, who is being prosecuted by the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit (ØKOKRIM) under Norwegian Criminal Code 145(2), simply for trying to access the data on his own DVD. Johansen created DeCSS software that can enable DVD playback on Linux, among other lawful uses. Despite the fact that DeCSS is not needed to infringe DVDs, the motion picture industry has launched numerous lawsuits and prosecutions in the US and abroad to ban the software, on the basis that DeCSS is a "piracy tool".
Jon Johansen has been indicted (as of Jan. 9, 2002), at the request of the US DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) and the Norwegian Motion Picture Association (MAP), allies of the US Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). He could face two years in prison if convicted.
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more links at the site above