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"DVD-Jon" Demands Compensation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-seems-like-he-deserves-something dept.

orzetto writes "Jon Lech Johansen, known as DVD-Jon, and aquitted in a trial in Norway, after being accused of infringement for making a GUI for DeCSS, is now demanding that Norwegian Oekokrim pay for all the time and money he has lost to the trial, claiming 150,000 NOK (about 17,500 euros)."

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  1. Re:Norway 'protects' ? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Your 'individual liberty' may include such non-concepts as 'freedom from hunger', but its often people who espouse such statements that are the greatest threat to actual liberty - property rights.
    What a prime example of a typical head-up-his-ass yankee that is totally incapable of understanding that other cultures can have a totally different viewpoint than the terminally constipated anglo-saxon viewpoint on private property.

    Individual liberty and dignity are far more important than property rights. And property rights shall NEVER BE USED to demean human dignity and liberty.

    That is, if you use your property to oppress someone else, it is only fair that you'd be deprived of your property.