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Wired: Judge Rags on DVD Hackers

[ Thanks to Adam for
this link. ]

“In a 30-page decision released Thursday, U.S. District Judge
Lewis Kaplan excoriates the three defendants and their lawyers for
making “frivolous” claims and says the motion picture industry has
exceptionally strong arguments.”

“He seemed particularly annoyed that hackers have tried to
spread the so-called “DeCSS” program as widely as
possible…”

“Kaplan said that he granted the preliminary injunction against
the defendants, which include the publisher of the hacker-zine 2600
Magazine, because they likely violated the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.”

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