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Jon Johansen To Be Retried On Piracy Charges

cecil36 writes "Yahoo has the scoop on 'DVD Jon's' latest trial regarding DeCSS being used as a piracy tool. The article claims that Hollywood is losing $3 billion a year due to piracy *yawn*, but Johansen's lawyer believes the acquittal from the previous trial may be enough for him to win the case. The case is set to go again on December 2nd this year. What are the prospects of Johansen winning a second time?"

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  1. Simple.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just set the evil bit for any content decoded by DeCSS.

  2. Obviously by SaraSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    DeCSS is a terrorist tool and should be stopped. We cannot allow people to terrorize the MPAA members (who are all poor and starving) like this.

    Go get em PATRIOT act, watching Men In Black II without paying for it or ever having intention of paying for it in the first place is a serious crime. (to yourself! ever SEEN that POS?)

  3. That'll teach him! by kinnell · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does he expect. If you go sailing around the carribean, stealing gold from the spaniards while waving a cutlass and crying "shiver me timbers", you can expect the authorities to try you on piracy charges. The sooner we send this scourge of the seaways to Davy Jones' locker, the better. Hang him from the yard arm, I say!

    --
    If I seem short sighted, it is because I stand on the shoulders of midgets
  4. Re:Only $3 Billion? by Gefd · · Score: 4, Funny

    One has to wonder how much of that 3 billion is attributed to lawyer fees.

  5. Let's hope his convicted by Fledsbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Otherwise, since piracy = terrorism, the evil regime in Oslo would be supporting terrorism, and we'll soon have triggerhappy american soldiers on our doorstep coming to "liberate" us.

  6. If at first you don't succeed..... by warrior_on_the_edge_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trial, Trial, Trial again.