Jon Johansen Trial Continues

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Posted by michael on Friday December 13, 2002 @03:53AM from the grinding-grinding dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Norwegian prosecution has been allowed to change the indictment in their case against "DVD-Jon" Johansen. There is an English language article on Friday's trial proceedings now available." VG.nett is also covering the trial.

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Hang him. by grub · 2002-12-13 03:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Jon Johansen is an evil h4x0r that in one fell swoop allowed socialist Linux and *BSD hippies to watch DVDs on their computers.
If there is any justice, he will be hung from a tall tree in the morning.

Yours truly,

Jack Valenti

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Trolling is a art,
1. Re:Hang him. by teamhasnoi · 2002-12-13 04:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If you hang him in Humboldt County, the tree sitters can continue their protest another two months! Make sure you salt him well.
  Sincerely,
  Grizzly Adams
2. Re:Hang him. by alexburke · 2002-12-13 06:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Thanks to the new 802.11b wireless tree networks, we'll all have ample notice to resue him...
  
  Didn't you mean spanning tree? *rimshot*
  
  Thanks! I'll be here all day! Try the fish. Tip your waitress!
Re:Wait til Ashcroft get his hands on this! by anonymous+loser · 2002-12-13 04:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Prosecution: You're being charged with murder.
Jon: Murder? With my computer?
Prosecution: Uh, did we say murder? We meant assault.
Jon: All I did was write a program!
Prosecution: Internet Fraud! Exactly what we meant to say.
Jon: How is viewing a DVD on linux fraud?
Prosecution: What's linux?
Jon: A free operating system.
Prosecution: No such thing! We're charging you with Theft and "Intent to View DVDs on Stolen System"!
What did he do again? by surprise_audit · 2002-12-13 04:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Can someone give me a quick rundown of what happened here?
The way I remember it, Jon was arrested in Norway because the MPAA told the Norwegians he was being a bad boy. Was that a DMCA thing or before that? If it's a DMCA thing, why the fuck is he being tried in Norway, with Norwegian attornies and Judge, for breaking a US law outside the borders of the US?
Jon didn't even give anyone the finger by showing up in the US to deliver a talk about DeCSS, unlike Skylarov and his piece of code.
If the Norwegians caved in because the MPAA threatened them, here's how the conversation should have gone:
MPAA: we want you to prosecute Jon for breaking CSS.
Norway: Fuck off!
MPAA: we'll embargo DVD shipments to Norway!
Norway: Fuck off! We've got diplomats and tourist all over the world that can ship us DVDs.
MPAA:But they won't work in your region coded players!
Norway: Fuck off! We've got Jon-boy and DeCSS...