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"DVD-Jon" Faces Retrial

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-got-no-money-honey dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "Norway's special division for white-collar crimes, Økokrim, has decided to appeal the acquittal of 19-year-old Jon Lech Johansen, accused of copyright violation for helping bypass DVD code protection, web site Nettavisen reports."

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  1. doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooo.. by XaXXon · · Score: 4, Funny
    And now our categories in Double Jepardy:
    • The Norwegian judicial process
    • "DVD" player. Note that "DVD" is in quotes
    • Famous Jons in history
    • Content Monopolies of the 21st century
    • Not so fair use
    • and finally, CowboyNeal's favorite movies


    Good luck contestants...
  2. Sven, we cood be famoos, yah? by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lars: Sven, we hate thees job, yah?
    Sven: Yah.
    Lars: Always giving trooble to the dirty accountants and such, yah?
    Sven: Yah. Lars, eets very boring.
    Lars: So Sven, lets go after thees kid, Jon Lech Johansen. He ees famous, does theengs with compooters.
    Sven: Yah. We cood be on T.V.
    Lars: Yah. Famoos.

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    - For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat /dev/random (may take some time)
  3. RTFA by VFVTHUNTER · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the article:

    The head of Økokrim's computer crimes division said that the reasons for the appeal would be in their offices Monday afternoon.

    I guess they had a meeting with the MPAA today?