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Wired: DVD Case: It’s a Linux Thing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 2000

“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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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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