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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. Re:who cares... by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    because, there is no chance in hell that RIAA or MPAA or any such organization is going to sue you and then you may eventually win and then demand a 22000$ compensation. Get it ?

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  2. Hey... by pb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My song isn't that bad until you try to cover it...

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  3. Re:who cares... by terriblekarmanow+tm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey I started the most controversial thread on /. ever, and all I got was an IP ban.

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  4. haha... by pb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I remember that! :)

    If I still had mod points, and I hadn't already posted, I'd mod you up, man. Not that it really matters, as you likely know.

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  5. Re:who cares... by CaptainAlbert · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey I started the most controversial thread on /. ever, and all I got was an IP ban.

    Do they have that T-shirt at ThinkGeek yet? :)

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  6. Re:who cares... by Bruth+Perens · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oooh....you so sexy. :)

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  7. Re:who cares... by Roofus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, thanks to you I lost my moderation privileges! That was the last comment I ever moderated.

    I'm still bitter about that. I've been a member here for 5 years, have excellent karma, but I can't moderate because of some jackass admins.

  8. Re:who cares... by eyeye · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I lost moderating access when I logged in one one ip address with both my userids (I had one for home and one for work and ended up using the wrong one when cookies reset etc..).

    Anyway i'm not that bothered, been there done that.

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