Aftenposten: Prosecutors Let DVD-Jon's Victory Stand | Linux Today

Aftenposten: Prosecutors Let DVD-Jon’s Victory Stand

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 5, 2004

“It looks like young Norwegian computer whiz Jon Lech Johansen
can finally rest easy after years of legal challenges. State
prosecutors announced Monday that they won’t appeal a recent court
ruling in his favour.

“That means the latest legal victory for Johansen, known as
DVD-Jon, will be left standing. The now-20-year-old computer expert
won’t need to defend himself once again before Norway’s supreme
court…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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