“The already acrimonious legal battle over DVD encryption heated
up late Monday night when the Norwegian minor who first cracked the
DVD industry’s encryption protocol was hauled in for questioning by
authorities in Norway.”
“Norwegian authorities, apparently working in cooperation
with US-based law enforcers, questioned 16-year-old Jon Johansen,
in the process confiscating his computer and cell phone, said
Tom McGuire, spokesperson for the US-based Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF). Johansen was not arrested and it is unclear when
and whether he will face charges….”
“The attempts to break the DVD industry’s Content Scrambling
System (CSS) stem from the fact that no DVD viewing devices have
been licensed for computers running Linux and other alternative
operating systems, McGuire said. The tech-savvy Linux community,
which apparently includes Johansen, responded by working to break
the protocols and develop its own devices.”
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