“The DVD industry sued 72 hackers and Web-site authors Tuesday
for posting — and even linking to — software that unlocks the
system for preventing illegal copying of digital video
discs….”
“The suit said the protection scheme was unlocked by “‘hacking’
and/or improperly reverse-engineering software created by CSS
licensee Xing Technology Corporation….”
“But in a massive show of open-source legal defense, Slashdot
organizers are using a unique strategy: If they’re coming after
everyone who posts or links to the code, let’s give them something
to go after. To that end, the cracking code has been freely
disseminated in Slashdot posts, along with encouragement that
people copy and post it Internet-wide.“