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Update On The Jon Johansen Trial

Posted by timothy on from the thanks-mister-hoy-thanks-a-lot dept.

nordicfrost writes "The trial against Jon Johansen goes on. Today, John Hoy of the DVD CCA was examined by phone by the defense and the prosecutor in Oslo. We have set up a page to follow the main events in the trial here, in English. The documentation of evidence, and the fact that Hoy didn't answer the phone when the court called, delayed the trial so the final proceedings may not be finished before Monday afternoon." Update: 12/12 23:50 GMT by T : This wasn't really a Science story ...

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  1. Who is he? by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 5, Informative

    Incase anyone forgot, This is the guy that wrote DeCSS (The program that lets people decode dvds so they can be played in free operating systems).

    More info on the trial at Google News (Wouldnt it be cool if slashdot automagicly added a google news link to stories to show all relevant links?)

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    1. Re:Who is he? by Dionysus · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually, he didn't. He was credited for doing it, but as far as I know, he just wrote the GUI in VisualBasic.

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