The Register: ‘DeCSS’ DVD descrambler ruled legal

[ Thanks to Esko
Woudenberg for this link. ]

“The Copy Control Association (CCA), which was granted
a preliminary injunction against Andrew Bunner and other
Webmasters, was handed its head in a California appellate court
Thursday.

The trial court had granted the injunction against publishing
Jon Johansen’s DeCSS DVD descrambler, but Brunner appealed on First
Amendment free-speech grounds.

The CCA scoffed at the notion, claiming that the source code has
a mere practical function and no expressive content.”

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