“Hollywood escalated its attack on hackers Tuesday, arguing
in court that 2600 magazine was complicit in promoting the piracy
of DVDs.“
“There are copies of decrypted DVDs being offered on the
Internet and in hard copy,” said Leon Gold, an attorney
representing eight movie studios in the trial that began this
week….”
“Cinea receives the bulk of its income from consulting contracts
— in this case, $325 an hour from the Motion Picture Association
of America and its law firm, Proskauer Rose. Schumann was the chief
architect of DIVX, the company created to sell pay-per-view DVD
technology, and lauded the failed scheme as “a convenience product
for the consumer.”