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Seth Schoen Reveals Himself Author of DeCSS Haiku

Posted by timothy on from the fewer-syllables-would-not-communicate-as-magnificently dept.

TrinSF writes "The anonymous author of the DeCSS Haiku has written an article revealing his identity and explaining some of the background. The haiku has been featured in the Gallery of CSS Descramblers and attained some notoriety when it was published in 2001. I'm glad to have played a small role in the article; my comment on /. is included in the text." Apologies to Seth for dropping a "c" from his surname.

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  1. Attention economy by Krapangor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Some people even seem to risk to get into prison just for getting some media attention.
    And for your next comment: Jorgason just went free out of court because he could prove that he didn't write deCSS. Unlike this guy now.

    --
    Owner of a Mensa membership card.
  2. It deserves recognition by Space+cowboy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... if only for the amount of work put into its creation. The term 'creative work' has lost its currency due to misuse in IP disputes, but it truly is a creative endeavour, so I say 'Salud' to the author...

    Simon

    --
    Physicists get Hadrons!
  3. Since When by uberdave · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since when is a haiku not a poem? A poem is a rythmic pattern of words.

    --
    "I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad
  4. Final quote by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Insightful
    sit mihi fas audita loqui, sit numine vestro
    pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.

    Allow me to retell what I was told; allow me by your power to disclose things buried in the dark and deep of the earth!

    -The Aeneid of Virgil, Book Six