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2600 Drops DeCSS Appeal

Posted by michael on from the throwing-in-the-towel dept.

Slashdot Chaplain writes "At the 2600 site, you can see today's details about why 2600 is withdrawing from taking their suit to the Supreme Court." So let's recap the case: 2600 published the DeCSS utility on their website. The movie studios filed suit, and the EFF agreed to assist 2600 with their case. 2600 lost the case in District Court, receiving a tongue-lashing from Judge Kaplan, which ordered them not to post or even link to DeCSS. 2600 appealed. They lost. They attempted to have their case heard again, by the full Appeals court rather than a three-judge panel, and were rejected. And although they have the option of appealing to the Supreme Court, they are saying today that they will not: so Judge Kaplan's decision stands. The case in California is still ongoing. No doubt this will be discussed at H2K2 next week.

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  1. But thanks anyway! by Spackler · · Score: 4, Interesting

    2600,
    Your fight on this case has brought more attention to the issue than any publicity campaign could have ever raised! You more than caried your share of the load for us all. Someone will pick up the fight from here, because our rights are still there, no matter what stupid act, or congress idiot thinks about taking them away, and calling it a Patriot Act.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

    PS: The only Patriot Act that should have passed was the one in the Superbowl! Go Pats, do it again!

  2. Intresting by Peridriga · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's simply amazing that this got them in trouble.

    Google Search Engine

    Yahoo has blocked the search of DeCSS

    Lycos

    Altavista

    MetaCrawler

    Go. Now Overture. Owned By Disney/ABC

    CNet (Search.com)

    Add Any I left out :-)