Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case
Posted by malebolgia on 22 January 2004 - 23:30 · 9 comments & 797 views
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#1 Posted by fishercounter on 22 Jan 2004 - 23:42
- this guy broke the law, send him to jail for life...no double standards!
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#1.1 Posted by brew crew on 23 Jan 2004 - 01:51
- LMAO
you sound like John Ashcroft, while not just hold him as a enemy combatant and take away his right to have an attorney. Might as well do background checks on all his family and freinds at the same time while your at it.
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#1.2 Posted by idbuythatforadollar on 23 Jan 2004 - 12:58
- and you dont think 'the law' should be changed? so its legal for me to play DVDs i have purchesed on my linux computer?
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#2 Posted by HoochieMamma on 23 Jan 2004 - 00:04
- hes a good man for doing this now because of him we are able to back-up our movies
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#3 Posted by N@t5 on 23 Jan 2004 - 00:37
- The truth is he did not violate their trade secret if he devised the code on his own. Hmm, wonder why they dropped the case?
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#4 Posted by SanGreal on 23 Jan 2004 - 03:32
- Um, isn't this about DVD-Reading (Decrypting), not DVD-Copying?
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#4.1 Posted by markjensen on 23 Jan 2004 - 04:05
- You are correct in that.
Anyone can copy a DVD without breaking open the CSS code.
To play the movie, it must be decrypted. DVD players and Windows do this for you. For Linux, the algorithm had to be figured out and coded, so that DVDs will play on a Linux box (like mine... If I only had a DVD drive)
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#5 Posted by chilliadus on 23 Jan 2004 - 11:00
- I must say that Hollywood seems to be a little bit smarter than RIAA.
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#6 Posted by CrimandEvil on 23 Jan 2004 - 15:34
- FREE THE DeCSS!
The DVD Copy Control Association has asked California courts to dismiss its case against programmer Andrew Bunner. The group sued Bunner and a handful of other Web publishers four years ago, alleging that the act of posting code called DeCSS, short for Decryption of Content Scrambling System, which can help in the process of decoding and copying DVDs, violated its trade secret rights. The trade group's decision marks the close of the last prominent legal battle over the DeCSS code. Despite the DVD CCA's move, earlier cases have left it illegal under federal law to distribute the code online in the United States.
Nevertheless, Bunner's attorneys called the unexpected decision to drop its case a victory for free speech. "I think that they are sick of losing," said Allonn Levy, one of several attorneys who had worked on the case on Bunner's behalf. "I think they have finally reached the conclusion that it is not a fight that they can win." Attorneys for the DVD CCA could not immediately be reached. In a statement, they said the group was "evolving" its legal strategies based on other court decisions and that the California state trade secrets case was no longer necessary. "The trade secrets case, together with (other) litigation, set important precedents and sent important messages," Robert Sugarman, the DVD CCA's lead attorney and a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said in the statement. "The owners of trade secrets will not stand by and allow their property to be misappropriated without action, and the rulings of the courts have shown protection of intellectual property is an important priority for the legal system."
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