Wired: Judge Rags on DVD Hackers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 2000

[ 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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story
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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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