“On Jan. 20, the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA) obtained a court order prohibiting Eric Corley and two
other defendants from posting instructions for cracking DVD
security on their Web sites.”
“This morning, the trade group filed a renewed request
against Corley and his company, 2600 Enterprises, in New York,
seeking yet another ruling to prevent him from directing his
visitors to other Web sites that unlawfully publish the
program.”
“Today’s action comes a day after free speech lawyers appealed a
court order in a similar case in California against 72 people.”
“At the same time, civil libertarians and members of the
Internet community have gained hope for their cause after a federal
appeals court yesterday found that computer code qualifies as
speech protected by the First Amendment.”