DeCSS Censored From University Linux Course

gbnewby writes: "Prof. Greg Newby of UNC-Chapel Hill has been forced to remove the DeCSS files from his course materials. This resulted from a March 17 MPAA complaint. Newby has a press release and essay online. The class was INLS183, in which Linux/Unix systems administration, software installation and security are taught." Nothing really shocking here, but the essay is worth reading.

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Who says it's not shocking?

[asparagirl]

Nothing really shocking here, but the essay is worth reading.

"Nothing really shocking here"?!? Jeez, have we really become so numbed to the idiocy that passes for "the other side"'s case that even a clear-cut case of censorship won't turn our heads?

It's one thing to, oh, say, barge in and arrest some smart teenage kid in Scandanavia who did something that's perfectly legal where he lives, even if it's iffy in the US. Or even to, y'know, try to prevent people from using their own legally-purchased DVD players just because they use a slightly unusual operating system on their computers. Oooh, or then there's the part about going after anyone who links to some source code, which was actually derived because of the incompetence of some previous contractors. Yeah, that'll be fun.

Hey, and maybe while they're at it, all the TV's in Australia should be confiscated when the Australian chapter of 2600 does its upcoming broadcast. Wouldn't want people learning, now would we?

- Asparagirl, fuming