DECSS

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Acronym	Definition
DECSS	Decoder for Css
DECSS	Decrypt Css
DECSS	Decryption of Contents Scrambling System (DVD)

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Most of the other DeCSS lawsuits were decided between 2001 and 2004, and even though the courts were persuaded that DeCSS was a form of speech, they consistently ruled that it nonetheless violated the copyright protections of artistic material.

Code is speech: hackers attempt to write themselves into the constitution

Goldstein allegedly or 2600 allegedly first posted DeCSS?

DIGITAL MILLENNIUM THOUGHT CRIMES

The studios also face an ongoing legal problem in California, where the Court of Appeal recently ruled that DeCSS is a form of speech and that banning it violates the First Amendment.

Techies tackle tough code to hoe. (Backend)

There isn't much hooray for Hollywood, though - the judge in the 2600.org case indicated he would likely rule the website's distribution of DeCSS as "protected speech".

TECHLIFE: Battle of the bands; Metallica, Shirley Manson and Alanis Morissette versus Public Enemy, Prince and others in the row over music downloads

If you wish to obtain a copy of the DeCSS source code, the DVD CCA thoughtfully provided it in the California case (cryptome.org/dvd-hoy-reply.htm#Exhibit B).

To DVD or Not to DVD

Three weeks earlier, however, the California Court of Appeal ruled that DeCSS is a form of speech entitled to full protection, and overturned an earlier injunction that banned a Web site from posting DeCSS.

DeCSS tussle turning heads on two coasts. (Two Right Angles)

In their brief, however, the professors argue that, whatever else DeCSS may be, the source code is a form of expressive speech.

Hacker backers bring in big guns vs. studios

To ban DeCSS, therefore, the court would have to ban any discussion of what the program does, along with the source code, a proposition that raises serious First Amendment questions.

Both sides thinking big in DVD skirmish

Last year Corley, operator of the 2600.com Web site, posted the DeCSS code on his site and provided links to others.

MPAA sues hacker over decoder for movie files

As a result, any and all copies of DeCSS must come down.

DVD'd to Death

NEW YORK Lawyers for the defendant in the New York DeCSS case may have found a way to quiet Jack Valenti: Put him under oath.

The latter part of the decision dealt with Corley's links to the DeCSS code.

Decision could hurt online journalists. (Odds & Ends)

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