Phantasm66
01-07-2003, 08:46 AM
In a follow up to my earlier story posted here (http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3795), Jon Johansen, author of the DeCSS software (which can be used to remove the encryption from DVDs) has now been acquitted on all charges by the Norwegian Supreme Court.
Its a complete victory for Johansen on all counts, with "the Oslo court ruling that Johansen did nothing wrong when he helped cracked the code on a DVD that was his own personal property."
Round two for the goodies, I'd say!
More here (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/01/07/1230212.shtml?tid=123) and here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28749.html) and a background here (http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/dvd/dvd_sue.html).
Its a complete victory for Johansen on all counts, with "the Oslo court ruling that Johansen did nothing wrong when he helped cracked the code on a DVD that was his own personal property."
Round two for the goodies, I'd say!
More here (http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/01/07/1230212.shtml?tid=123) and here (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28749.html) and a background here (http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/dvd/dvd_sue.html).
