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Jon Johansen DVD Trial Date Set
mpawlo writes: "As reported by Greplaw, the Norweigan 'Byrett' (district court) will try the Jon Johansen DVD case on December 9, 2002. The trial was supposed to take place this summer, but the court decided to postpone the trial to find a technology savvy judge. The case will be tried
by one judge and a panel of two lay assessors. Jon Johansen is being prosecuted by the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit
(OKOKRIM) under Norwegian Criminal Code 145(2). Johansen created DeCSS
software that can enable DVD playback on Linux. It is argued that the DeCSS software is a piracy tool." Here is the Greplaw story with more links.
courtTV will be releasing the entire trial on DVD with 3 different camera angles, and a secondary audio track with commentary by the judge.
MARIJUANA, SHROOMS, X: ONLINE?! - E
it isn't just playback on linux... it is playback on linux from the harddrive... NOT the original DVD disc.
if mother teresa ran the record companies, all we would hear is shitty local bands that she gave all the airplay to cause they were 'nice boys'.
MARIJUANA, SHROOMS, X: ONLINE?! - E
JUDGE: Would that you could render this extermination unnecessary by renouncing this method of illegal decryption!
JOHANSEN: No, Your Honor, it cannot be. I don't think much of our profession, but, contrasted with respectability, it is comparatively honest. No, Your Honor, I shall live and die a Pirate King.
(SONG -- PIRATE KING)
JOHANSEN: Oh, better far to live and die
Under the flightless bird I fly,
Than play a corporate raider's part
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I'll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.
For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!
For I am a Pirate King!
SLASHDOTTERS:You are!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
JOHANSEN:And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.
SLASHDOTTERS:It is!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
(Inserted to avoid lameness filter.)
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
JOHANSEN:When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way.
I rip a few more flicks, it's true,
Than a well-bred hacker ought to do;
But many a hack with a first-class clone,
If he wants to call his warez his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More lines of code than e'er I do,
For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!
For I am a Pirate King!
SLASHDOTTERS:You are!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
JOHANSEN:And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.
SLASHDOTTERS:It is!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
(the lameness filter, to avoid, inserted.)
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
(exeunt.)
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
Good luck to you, Jon! I remember being shocked back in 2000, when you got arrested on nothing more than the say-so of the DVD CCA for releasing a simple program that did nothing more than read data. I'm shocked that the MPAA's still persecuting you. I hope you can prove your innocence and strike a blow for the right to use generic computing technologies.
Sigh...when are people going to get a clue? Releasing a simple program that did nothing more than read data? Come on, are we really supposed to believe this shit. I mean, I guess that means people must go to jail everyday for simply putting the laws of Newton to work, right? They were just using a chunk of metal to propel an object through the air. It's not really their fault that the other person died from a bullet wound...
Trying to dilute a (perceived) crime into it's most basic elements is pointless. You end up glossing over the fact that someone did something (allegedly) illegal. If someone hacks a large website, their not really guilty, right? They just sent some packets over a network, no harm done. Uh-huh...sure.
I'm not saying I necessarily agree with what's going on, but I can certainly see where the other side is coming from. If all you can see is "a simple program that [reads] data", then you need to open your eyes to the bigger picture.
(it will take a while to transition my mum to Linux but it will be done for performance and stability reasons)
Ahh yes, the most excellent Mum Linux 2000. I hear it is highly compatible with most Mum's and will easily install over the old Mum OS via UCB (Universal Cerebral Bus).
Plus, it's Debian based!!! Yeah!! dpkg -i breakfast.deb !!
War crimes, torture, lies, illegal spying... Would someone give Bush a blowjob, already, so he can be impeached?
How do you expect them to make a quality product if they can't earn a living selling it?
You are so right. DVD piracy is out of control, and Hollywood producers are out in the streets starving. I saw Steven Spielberg just the other day sitting on a corner wearing a $4000 suit with a sign that said "Will Direct for Food." And I saw Michael Eisner eating oysters at McCormick and Schmick's and he only ordered a $50 bottle of wine! Can you imagine? I swear I saw him wince with agony when he took the first sip. These poor poor men, and it's all the fault of you Linux zealots with your theftware on T-shirts!!
It may be bullshit, but there is nothing which prohibits copyright holders from limiting use of the material.
Yes, they can prohibit anything they want.
There is however no way to enforce this. I can prohibit you from wearing socks and sandals, doesn't mean I have any power for force you to comply.