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Suck it Hollywood & other money-making parasites!

Posted: 2003-01-08 09:56am
by Crown
Does the dance of joy!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2635293.stm

Don't you love it when the little guy ends up on top? :D

Posted: 2003-01-08 10:12am
by InnerBrat
I love the Scandinavian legal system!

Posted: 2003-01-08 10:23am
by Crown
Hollywood's mass-hysteria is flawed. DVD piracy has been a problem well before DeCSS, since 1998 to be exact. And even if DeCSS is deamed illegal, piracy will continue, because the pirates copy at bit-rate (I think that is the term). Basically they actually copy the entire DVD, CSS encryption and all! These idiots are pissing me off!

Posted: 2003-01-08 02:06pm
by McNum
I like this part:
The court also ruled that it was not illegal to use DeCSS to watch legally obtained DVD films.
This means that DVD playing is now legal on Linux. :D (Not that I currently use Linux, but a good thing anyway). Darth Wong will have to update his Cool Software page now...

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Mike/Software/index.html

But again... Yay! :D

Posted: 2003-01-08 02:12pm
by Faram
McNum wrote:I like this part:
The court also ruled that it was not illegal to use DeCSS to watch legally obtained DVD films.
This means that DVD playing is now legal on Linux. :D (Not that I currently use Linux, but a good thing anyway). Darth Wong will have to update his Cool Software page now...

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Mike/Software/index.html

But again... Yay! :D
Only in Norway...

But then again in Sweden it is legal to copy stuff for private use :D

Oh btw

Congrats you have beaten Slashdot tho the news ;)

Posted: 2003-01-08 02:32pm
by Frank Hipper
Too cool fer skool, man! Although I feel really sorry for the MPA, living in poverty the way they do, just barely getting along. :twisted:

Posted: 2003-01-08 02:52pm
by Dalton
*applause* Another blow against Stupid White Men.

Posted: 2003-01-08 05:34pm
by McNum
This thing was actually on national Danish television. In the news even.

But now it's not fun having that file just lying around anymore... Altohugh I might just keep it because of the cool way it is hidden. Anyone hear of the Stegosaurus? It's hidden in a .gif image of a stegosaurus which convienietly enough can be unpacked if renamed to .zip