“Following an apparent blunder by attorneys for the digital
video disc (DVD) industry, a California superior court judge
Wednesday placed under seal industry-spawned court documents that
revealed the selfsame “trade secrets” that the DVD Copy Control
Association (DVD- CCA) is suing to suppress.”
“The DVD-CCA is embroiled in a legal battle against more than 50
Website operators who allegedly posted information about DVD
encryption codes on their sites. The industry claims that those
codes are copyrighted trade secrets and is suing to suppress their
dissemination over the Internet….”
“In so doing the DVD-CCA introduced the CSS into the public
record and gravely undermined their claim that the CSS is a “trade
secret,” a source close to the case, who demanded anonymity,
told Newsbytes today.”
“The DVD-CCA shared their trade secret with the world,” the
source said.”