Wired: DVD Case: It's a Linux Thing

"As the fight between a bunch of hackers and the motion picture industry continues to escalate on an international scale, one fact is becoming pretty clear: The DVD guys and the movie people are just creaming the hackers."

"After Monday's news of the police raid on 16-year-old Jon Johansen's home in Norway, many in the open source community are arguing that attention to this case has now gotten to the point of missing the point."

"It's not about stealing, they say. It's about Linux."

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