Aftenposten: 'DVD Jon' Scores Huge Legal Victory Jan 7, 2003, 14 :30 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (9622 reads) (Other stories by Kjetil Kolsrud)
"A Norwegian teenager who helped crack a code meant to protect the content of DVDs won full backing from an Oslo court on Tuesday. The court acquitted him on all charges, a ruling that comes as a crushing blow to public prosecutors and entertainment giants.
"The case had been widely described as a 'David vs Goliath' battle, pitting 16-year-old Jon Lech Johansen from a small town south of Oslo against huge corporations and organizations including the Motion Picture Association of America..."
