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I have Munch [wikimedia.org] on my wall. Very relaxing and inspiring when you are behind schedule.

I use both. :) Hey, are you a fan of Nemi, or is the name just coincidence? :)

In the published article by NetAvisen it is stated that this law has previously been tried by the Norwegian Suprem Court on descrambling Cable signals.
The court found that this law could not be used for punishing that act, so I think that the court will find in favor of Johanneson and give us a clear victory.
I can see little difference between scrabled TVsignals and encrypted Video, both used for same purpose. The encryption is not for any Privacy issue only for restricting useage.

Like ordinary newspapers it has adds sprinkled around the page so even if you don't read them you are bound to glance at them.

Some people are complaining about adds in free services, IMO if you dont like the adds dont use the service. Then there will eventually be a balance between the services need to make money and the users that dont want to be bothered by adds

I personaly hate web pages that pop up adds in a separate window, I will avoid these sites if there is an alterantive with less intruding adds.

I think /. own adds are OK, they are there, but they dont impose to mutch on my reading of the rest of the pages.

If you're prepared to pay 750$ it shouldn't be a problem to get your hands on a brand new PSX2(drool). Just stop by the norwegian online store Smartshopper and it should be yours within a few days. The online newspaper Nettavisen had an article two days ago regarding this. Unfortunately the article is in norgwegian too.

The article basicly says that the import is handled by the norgwegian company Multimedia Import of PSX2 is perfectly legal. The consoles are importet to Norway from China by the mentioned company but another unknown Asian company handles the transportation between Japan and China. However it's unknown whether that first stage is legal. The PSX2 is of japanese model and a separate power adapter is provided. Testing has been performed during the last few days in order to ensure that they work correctly. All service and guarantee will be provided by the import company and the online store since Sony refuse due to the circumstances. It is expected that the PSX2 will be on sale within a few days at the online store mentioned above.

So if you're dying for a PSX2 - get a norwegian friend to buy you one or send an email to the online store Smartshopper and tell them to send you an offer in English.

If you're prepared to pay 750$ it shouldn't be a problem to get your hands on a brand new PSX2(drool). Just stop by the norwegian online store Smartshopper and it should be yours within a few days. The online newspaper Nettavisen had an article two days ago regarding this. Unfortunately the article is in norgwegian too.

The article basicly says that the import is handled by the norgwegian company Multimedia Import of PSX2 is perfectly legal. The consoles are importet to Norway from China by the mentioned company but another unknown Asian company handles the transportation between Japan and China. However it's unknown whether that first stage is legal. The PSX2 is of japanese model and a separate power adapter is provided. Testing has been performed during the last few days in order to ensure that they work correctly. All service and guarantee will be provided by the import company and the online store since Sony refuse due to the circumstances. It is expected that the PSX2 will be on sale within a few days at the online store mentioned above.

So if you're dying for a PSX2 - get a norwegian friend to buy you one or send an email to the online store Smartshopper and tell them to send you an offer in English.

Thought it might be interesting to check out the article in the norwegian newspaper Nettavisen.
It seems Playstation 2 will be on sale in Norway within a few days at Smartshopper for 750$. They found a totally legal way of avoiding Japanese export regulations.

Feel free to moderate me down for being off topic and spoiling your tomorows news.

I expect this to be out soon but I might as well tell you. Check out the link to the article in the norwegian newspaper Nettavisen.
It seems Playstation 2 will be on sale in Norway within a few days at Smartshopper for 750$. They found a totally legal way of avoiding Japanese export regulations.

"The future is already here,
it's just not evenly distributed yet"

(Start of article)

"Norwegian" DVD bomb a minor incident

First Hollywood postponed releasing new DVDs. Then several DVD-manufacturers filed against a group of hackers, among them a 16-year old Norwegian. But now Hollywood doesn't care that the DVD-codes are broken.

When 16-year old Jon Johansen and the rest of a hacker group found the codes necessary to copy DVD movies and distribute them on the Internet, it created a riot in the film industry.

To trial...

Several manufacturers postponed the release of both discs and new players to find new ways to encrypt them. The companies filed suit against the 16-year old and the rest of the group that took part in the production and distribution of the software, without gaining ground.

Johansen removed the link to the software from his home page, by his own saying because he didn't have time or resources to fight.

As expected...

Now the large movie studios in Hollywood say the software that removes the copy protection is a minor thing.

- We expected the protection code to be broken sooner or later. We were actually surprised that it took so long, says vice president of Warner Home Video, James Cardwell, to CNN.

- There is little or no gain in hacking our products. Blank DVDs cost more than our already made discs, and it takes hours to download the movies over the Internet, claims Cardwell.

DeCSS...

DeCSS is the name of the software that makes it possible to copy the discs directly from a DVD-ROM player to a computer's harddrive. the DVDs have a capacity of 4,7GB, which makes it impossible to copy it to a regular CD. Other software also available on the 'net makes it possible to alter the DVD-files to a regular CD format.

Since the VHS format for VCRs was launched, movie piracy has been a huge problem for the movie companies. They hoped that DVD would finally end this. Now it's clear that copying DVDs is as easy as copying regular videotapes.

(End of article)

Besides the usual mistakes about what this is all about, it seems that the movie industry is now trying to calm things down, turning around a bit. Trying to calm down the fire, maybe?