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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?
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.
(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!
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.
(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!
Only in Norway...
But then again in Sweden it is legal to copy stuff for private use
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.
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