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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.

3 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. Re:A tech savy WHAT?!? by flonker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    psst.
    It's 2400 baud.
    75, 150, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400 28800, 56k.

    (Some of those were never popular.)
    (Please keep this post and any replies at Score: 1, it's offtopic.)

  2. Re:The scheming Jew, a blood sucking tick by yootis1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stupid Racist idiot.... Besides, Coble isn't even Jewish. I don't think Redstone is either

  3. I thought the typos were bad before... by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ...Norwegian Economic Crime Unit (OKOKRIM).
    NECU doesn't even look like OKOKRIM.
    --
    Mordor...a magical, mythical land where women are more rare than dragons--but where every man would rather find a dragon