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Supreme Court to Take Up DeCSS Case
geekee writes "CNET has posted an article claiming the US Supreme Court will take up a 1999 case involving individuals posting DeCSS on web sites based in the US. In November, the California Supreme Court had ruled that Matthew Pavlovitch could not be sued in CA since he's not a CA resident 'with no substantial contact with California'. The injunction placed before the start of the CA trial will remain in effect. The case is essentially about juristiction when attempting to prosecute a number of defendants simultaneously in order to save on legal fees."
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slash dot.html
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If indeed we can prove that DeCSS is used liegitimateyl, and that the DMCA is unconstitutional in a Supreme Court Case, we could have the law nullified, with a consumer digital rights bill enacted... This could be good...
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3) Everything old is new again -- sometimes "IN SOVIET RUSSIA" and "FIRST POST" posts, if timed well and posted by someone with already-high karma, can get even more and rated "Funny".
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