“Today, finally, we have a case where the power of law is lined
up all on one side, while the power of the Net is lined up on the
other. The assumption of people like Lawrence Lessig is that “East
Coast code,” in the form of law, will lose these battles. But it
could be he’s wrong.”
“At issue is DeCSS. DeCSS, if you haven’t heard of it, is a
computer program that lets you unscramble the encryption on a DVD
disk and copy its contents….”
“Thus, a classic battle is joined, the power of the law vs.
the power of the Net, the need of “information to be free” against
the need to protect copyright.“
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