Movie industry Dealt DVD-cracking Blow

cnet ^ | November 1, 2001 | John Borland

[buaya]

"The movie industry's "statutory right to protect its economically valuable trade secret is not an interest that is 'more fundamental' than the First Amendment right to freedom of speech"

Exactly!!!

[buaya]

Ping!

[StockAyatollah]

I hope Hollywood and the music industry lose every last dollar of revenue. They've been pushing communism, nihilism, and anti-Americanism for decades. What comes around goes around.

[Fixit]

WooHoo!

Awesome, they finally got this one right.

Next stop is gutting the DMCA!

[buaya]

"Next stop is gutting the DMCA!"

Right you are - the DMCA is an unconstitutional abomination.

[Fixit]

Why this is pure speech, for any doubters.

Gallery of CSS Descramblers

[ChadGore]

BRING ON DMCA!

[Cyber Liberty]

"I really think the court of appeals reinstituted the cyberliberties of individuals worldwide," said Allonn Levy, an HS Law Group attorney working for the defense.

This guy owes me a royalty check.

[steve-b]

Gee, isn't getting you reinstituted compensation enough?

[buaya]

Thanks for providing this link. It really illustrates the absurdity of censoring the De-CSS algorithm.

I think it is hilarious that the movie industry sued a group called "Copyleft" for printing the DeCSS algorithm on the back of a tee-shirt!

[Cyber Liberty]

I wasn't "deinstituted" all that long, though....I'm actually a pretty nice guy.

[Petronski]

I love that website, with it's various forms of the DeCSS algorithm: a haiku, a t-shirt, and my favorite, a dramatic reading of the algorithm.

LOL: Really clever geeks.

[Ice-D]

I hope Hollywood and the music industry lose every last dollar of revenue. They've been pushing communism, nihilism, and anti-Americanism

You're kidding, right? The record companies are the epitome of capitalism! They have been screwing artists out of royalties and revenues for years!!!! They don't care about 'music', only the bottom line.

[steve-b]

They have been screwing artists out of royalties and revenues for years!

Oh, yeah: add "giving capitalism a bad name" to the charges....

[Mr. Bungle]

"I hope Hollywood and the music industry lose every last dollar of revenue. "

And you would prefer me to be unemployed?

[buaya]

Related article (with a British twist): DVD descrambler ruled legal.

[Tribune7]

I guess you'd just have to get a job in the defense industry.

[russdawg]

I don't understand the free speech aspect about, but anything that cuts into these bloodsuckers: napster, limewire etc. you can count me in.

[Mr. Bungle]

"I guess you'd just have to get a job in the defense industry."

You know, that doesn't sound bad at all.

"Ok Mr. Rumsfeld, here's how it will look when Osama's head explodes after the mechanical dragonfly injects him with a micro-explosive..."

[Mr. Bungle]

"I don't understand the free speech aspect about, but anything that cuts into these bloodsuckers: napster, limewire etc. you can count me in."

Will you be happy to pay my unemployment benefits, then?

Most people who complain about the high costs of entertainment have no idea about how much goes into these endeavors. The free market can accurately dictate these prices. Theft can not.