Looking To Explain DeCSS To A Computer Novice?

eric434 writes: "If you are trying to explain the DeCSS issue to your neighborhood or any other relatively computer illiterate person(s), check out the current Scientific American, Cyber View section. They give a very well-written, no-computer-knowledge-required explanation of DeCSS, and what it's for. It appears they have really researched the issue, and the viewpoint presented is not that of the MPAA's. Check it out here. "