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Jon Johansen DVD Trial Date Set

Posted by timothy on from the the-long-arm-of-the-mpaa dept.

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.

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  1. Links by SkipToMyLou · · Score: 5, Informative

    EEF information on the Jon Johansen case.

    Read the indictment. in Norwegian.

    Linux World interview with Johansen.

    Swedish coverage of the case.

    EEF campaign to free Johansen.

    Old slashdot article about original indictment.

  2. DeCSS was THREE people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Taken from the Greplaw link, copy pasted and formatted. Originally by "Seth Finkelstein".

    As Jon Johansen put it himself in an old interview:

    Jon Johansen: I'm 16 now, I was 15 when it happened ... and the encryption code wasn't in fact written by me, but written by the German member. There seems to be a bit of confusion about that part.

    LinuxWorld: The other two people that you had worked with to make the player are remaining anonymous -- is that right?

    Jon Johansen: Yes, that is correct.

    ...

    LinuxWorld: Do you know why they want to remain anonymous?

    Jon Johansen: They are both a lot older than me, and they are employed. So I guess they just didn't want the publicity, and they were perhaps afraid of getting fired.