DECSS


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AcronymDefinition
DECSSDecoder for Css
DECSSDecrypt Css
DECSSDecryption of Contents Scrambling System (DVD)
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Written by Johansen and two anonymous developers, DeCSS unlocked a piece of encryption that scrambles the content of a DVD when someone tries to play it on an unauthorized machine.
Code is speech: hackers attempt to write themselves into the constitution
From this, the court had little trouble concluding that prohibiting the posting of DeCSS on the 2600 Web site was constitutional as a content-neutral regulation of the functional element of the software.
Is illegal software free speech? (The Law of The Line)
But it's impossible to put all those existing DeCSS genies back in their bottles.
Techies tackle tough code to hoe. (Backend)
GARBUS: Have you ever seen any documents which have ever indicated that anyone has made a copy of a DVD with the DeCSS provided by Goldstein?
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM THOUGHT CRIMES
DECSS: READ all about 2600's on-going battle with the film industry over DeCSS.
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.
To DVD or Not to DVD
DVD Jon," did not intend his DeCSS software to be used to pirate DVDs.
Balance sheet
Witness the dueling rulings over the DVD hacking program DeCSS.
DeCSS tussle turning heads on two coasts. (Two Right Angles)
A California State Appeals Court says that the Decss software that unscrambles DVD codes is protected by the Constitution.
Balance Sheet
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