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DVD CCA Drops Case; DeCSS Not a Trade Secret

Posted by jamie on from the put-a-t-shirt-on dept.

jon787 writes "EFF is reporting that the DVD CCA is dismissing its case against Andrew Bunner. He was being prosecuted under California's trade secret laws for redistributing DeCSS. This means that the DVD CCA has finally conceded that CSS is no longer a secret, something the rest of us have known for a few years now."

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  1. Impact for Linux Distributions? by diakka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So does this mean that Linux distributions will be able to play DVDs out of the box? or are there still patent issues with that?

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  2. Re:DMCA? by EnigmaticSource · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...And of all the days I don't have mod points... But I do have my hat

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  3. Re:Hurrah! by CrazyDuke · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think everyone that wanted to has left you behind, bub.

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  4. DVD CCA Drops Case; DeCSS Not a Trade Secret by infiniphonic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    hopefully this will mean a real reliable DVD application for linux.

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