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DVD Copyright Case Mulled over by Judge

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the careful-decisions dept.

howhardcanitbetocrea writes "news.com is reporting that the judge in a closely watched lawsuit challenging the legality of DVD-copying software said she was 'substantially persuaded' by past court rulings that favored copyright holders, but closed a hearing Thursday without issuing a ruling in the case." This is a case that could very well determine the future of the DMCA, and the article does a good job of summarizing the arguments from both sides.

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  1. Please grow up by smiff · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If the author hasn't already, I plead with him to please GPL the code. With code all over the internet, they will be powerless to stop it.

    This attitude did more damage to 2600 Enterprises than the DMCA ever could have. When 2600 received a preliminary injuction to take DeCSS off their website until the trial as over, 2600 started posting links to it instead.

    That image solidified in Kaplan's mind the idea that 2600 is nothing but a bunch of thieving punks. As a direct result of 2600's contempt of the law, judge Kaplan ruled that it's illegal to even post a link to DeCSS (known in the pre-internet era as a footnote). Kaplan's extremely biased rant was one of the decisions Judge Illston "carefully read" and was "substantially persuaded by".

    By the way, DVD copying software is already all over the internet; and would have been regardless of 2600's childish antics.