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Jon Johansen DeCSS Trial Next Week

Posted by michael on from the judge-judy-presiding dept.

daniel_howell writes "Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has a story on the imminent start (after delays in finding judges qualified to hear the case) of the trial of local teenage Jon Johansen for helping to write and distribute the DeCSS program to play DVDs on a home computer. The article notes that under Norwegian law it is perfectly legal to make a copy for your own personal use. The Norwegian press is generally supportive of Johansen, and Aftenposten is usually good at posting updates to big stories like this on its English pages, so watch this space to follow the story as it unfolds."

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  1. Why everything is slow by BSOD+from+above · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spam outgrew the internet and spilled over into /space. The article on spam attracted a lot of intrest from either friend or foe.

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  2. No by Wheaty18 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's their points, which they have a limited amount of. They can "spend" them whichever way they please.

  3. Re:Qualified Judge? by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Far offtopic, but are you even paying attention?
    I'll get modded down -1, Not-Being-A-Linux-Zealot for this, but did you not notice sony packaging Star Office instead of MS office?

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  4. What would the test look like if /.'ers made it? by IshanCaspian · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    1) First post! (a) Huh? (b) W00t! (c) Troll, -1 2) The MPAA is an example of: (a) An evil oppressing soul-stealing euphemism for organized crime (b) The very hand of satan (c) Troll, -1 3) Microsoft can best be described as: (a) Evil (b) Evil (c) Troll, -1 4) All your base are belong to: (a) The RIAA (b) us (c) Troll, -1 5) In Communist Russia: (a) CSS cracks you! (b) Bill Shatner interviews you! (c) Troll, -1 6) A computer running linux and another running windows are placed next to each other in an enclosed area, a) they will do nothing b) The linux computer will devour the windoze machine with its righteous wrath, and then urinate on its hard drive to symbolize the fate of all non-free software c) Troll, -1

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