[d@DCC] DVD Jon also cleared on appeal

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:04:28 -0500 (EST)

Great news:
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/031222dvdjon/

    In its ruling, the appellate court states that although DeCSS can be 
    used to make illegal copies this was not Johansen's intent, and in
    addition, he has not made copies in violation of intellectual property
    regulations, Manshaus said.

    "The ruling draws up a line of demarcation between the interests of
    owners and distributors of intellectual property on the one side, and
    consumers on the other," Manshaus said. "This ruling will be an
    important precedent in the application of existing intellectual
    property regulations on digital media."



Note: I really wish the incorrect statement that DeCSS had anything to do
with copying would be discontinued.  This is an access control technology
that seeks to tie the viewing of movies with specific content producer
authorized viewers, something I believe should be found illegal under the
"tied selling" provisions of our competition act.  The CSS technology is
unrelated in any way to the ability to copy the movie, just the ability to
view a copy.

---
 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
 Governance software that controls ICT, automates government policy, or
 electronically counts votes, shouldn't be bought any more than 
 politicians should be bought.  -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:06:41 -0600
From: Kevin Mack <kevmack@accesscomm.ca>
Reply-To: discuss@canopener.ca
To: discuss@losurs.org, discuss@canopener.ca
Subject: [discuss] Christmas present...

The acquittal of Jon Lech Johansen (aka "DVD Jon") was upheld by
the Norwegian appeals court; the only downside is the prosecution
still has the option of pursuing this to the country's supreme
court.

http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/031222dvdjon/
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