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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. Give it a shot.. by dave1212 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fair enough, the bills are quite expensive, does he get a piece of the DeCSS shirts on ThinkGeek? (only half joking)

    If nothing else, he might raise more public interest and get donations that way.