DeCSS source code (Popularity:  )
(Score: 16.33)
Text of the source code to DeCSS, a program allowing Linux users to play DVDs; DeCSS links.
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Main\Computers\Software\Operating Systems\Linux
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DeCSS Central (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.32)
Reference site on DeCSS with vast background information.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS Central: HAL2001 Speech (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.31)
Cogent presentation about the history of CSS and DeCSS and the issues involved.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS Decoy (Popularity: )
(Score: 14.14)
"A free-software fanatic unleashes a 'useless' program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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SecurityFocus - DeCSS Creator Indicted in Norway (Popularity: )
(Score: 13.75)
Norwegian prosecutors have indicted Jon Johansen for his role in creating the DeCSS program that unlocked a DVD copy protection system and unleashed a series of lawsuits by the motion picture industry.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS/2600 Court of Appeals Decision (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.28)
Text of the decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the judgement against 2600 in the DeCSS linking case.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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World's First DeCSS Executable Prime Number (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.10)
"Mathematician Phil Carmody, who in March of this year managed to encode the DeCSS source in a prime number, has upped the ante by producing a prime number which represents an executable version of the banned CSS descrambler." By Thomas C. Greene ...
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Focus on the DeCSS trial (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.39)
[CNN]
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Main\News\Online Archives\CNN.com\2000
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Norwegian authorities indict creator of DeCSS (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.16)
[CNN]
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Main\News\Online Archives\CNN.com\2002
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DeCSS: Round one to Hollywood, but the fight continues (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.16)
[CNN]
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Main\News\Online Archives\CNN.com\2000
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DeCSS for Linux and DVD (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.16)
Software, information and legalese.
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Main\Computers\Software\Operating Systems\Linux
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Phil Hands (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.16)
Debian mirror and DeCSS.
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Main\Computers\Software\Operating Systems\Linux
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DeCSS (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.05)
A utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.
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Main\Computers\Data Formats\Style Sheets\CSS
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MPAA pursues people who post link to DeCSS code (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.94)
[CNN]
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Main\News\Online Archives\CNN.com\2000
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DeCSS for Linux and DVD (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.64)
Information about and links to various encryption and decryption tools for educational and research purposes.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Register: US Courts Kowtow to Entertainment Industry (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.25)
News of DeCSS linking case upheld on appeal and the dismissal of Felten v. RIAA.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\Copyrights
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US Courts Kowtow to Entertainment Industry (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.08)
News of DeCSS linking case upheld on appeal and the dismissal of Felten v. RIAA. By Thomas C. Greene. [Register]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Is Linking Illegal? (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.04)
Implications of the DeCSS ruling against linking. Free registration required. [NY Times]
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Main\Society\Law\Legal Information\Computer and Technology Law
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DOJ Rips Hackers, '2600' Mag in DVD-Cracking Flap (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.99)
A Justice Department Circuit Court of Appeals filing is critical of 2600's linking to the DeCSS code. [ZDNet]
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Main\Society\Law\Legal Information\Computer and Technology Law
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DVD Hacker to Keep Challenging Ruling (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.97)
Article about Eric Corley appealing the ruling in the DeCSS linking case. [Reuters]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Can Hyperlinks Be Outlawed? (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.82)
"Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DVD Backup Guides (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.76)
A detailed site offering several guides on backing up DVDs into different formats. The author also shares his views on the issue of DeCSS through informative articles.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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A Constitutional Right to Decode? (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.64)
"To the movies studios trying to rid the Net of a DVD-descrambling program, the 'DeCSS' utility is akin to terrorware that governments have a responsibility to prohibit." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS Judge: Code Isn't Free Speech (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.57)
"MPAA president Jack Valenti cheers the decision. Next stop: Appeals court." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DVD Lawsuit Questions Legality of Linking (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.46)
An introduction to the DeCSS linking lawsuit. Free registration required. [NY Times]
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Main\Society\Law\Legal Information\Computer and Technology Law
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42 Ways to Distribute DeCSS (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.45)
42 funny ways to distribute the famous DVD descrambler, including Quake, HTTP cookies, MPEG movies and DNS queries.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS Allies Ganging Up (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.44)
"A federal court decision that restricted a DVD-descrambling program ignores free speech rights and should be overturned, eight different coalitions claim." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Gallery of CSS Descramblers (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.35)
If DeCSS code is illegal in the USA, but text is protected, where do you draw the line? A gallery of exhibits of the descrambling algorithm from code through plain English to graphic images.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Open Law (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.31)
Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society. OpenLaw assisted in the DeCSS case against 2600 (NYC) from 2/2000 to present. Many of the OpenLaw participants were active in the Free Dmitry case.
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\Copyrights
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Studios Score DeCSS Victory (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.18)
"A DVD-descrambling program is akin to a virulent Internet epidemic that must be eradicated, a federal judge said Thursday as he agreed with Hollywood that DVDs must be protected from decryption and copying." By Declan McCullagh. [Wired]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Throwing the Book at DeCSS (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.18)
"A federal appeals court panel heard arguments and responded with numerous questions about a far-reaching case over the rights of online publishers to link to controversial material." By Jim Hu and Lisa M. Bowman. [ZDNet]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Jon Johansen Indicted by Norwegian Authorities (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.74)
"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', commonly known as the 'hacker paragraph'. This is for distributing the ...
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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DeCSS Ban Upheld by Court (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.70)
"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 copyright protection on the Internet." By Evan Hansen. [ZDNet]
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Hollywood to Home Viewer: We Own You (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.66)
"Last Thursday, a judge in New York City ruled that an obscure magazine called 2600, based in Middle Island, N.Y., can't post an equally obscure program, DeCSS, on its Web site, or link to other sites that offer it." By Rob Pegoraro. [Washington ...
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Main\Society\Issues\Intellectual Property\DVD Encryption
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Openlaw (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.66)
The Berkman Center's open law public forum, an experiment in public, online drafting of legal argument; bringing the concepts of open source to legal argument. Current cases: Open DVD (defending DeCSS and fighting the Digital Millennium Copyright ActEldred ...
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Main\Computers\Open Source\Open Content
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