Jon Johansen Interviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 5, 2005 @03:45AM from the hero-or-nemesis dept.

wuzfuzzy writes "Depending on your point of view, Jon Lech Johansen is either your hero or adversary. To the copyright industry, Jon Lech Johansen has been a detriment to their policy of control since the advent of DeCSS (Decrypt Content Scrambling System.) To those who cherish freedom, he has been a pillar of hope in an age when DRM (Digital Rights Management) threatens to overtake mainstream media. After two trials, the courts finally ruled in Jon's favor. However, there is much more to Jon Lech Johansen than DeCSS. In this interview, Slyck hopes to bring to light the many facets of Mr. Johansen, and the numerous projects he is involved with."

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Re:Thanks Jon, I appreciate your work! by mrogers · 2005-04-05 04:32 · Score: 5, Informative

The market determines the features, if someone wants to try to sell a DVD player without FF, they are welcome to do so.
Not true - to manufacture DVD players you need a license from the DVD Copy Control Association. If your player includes features that they don't like, such as skipping commercials, they won't give you a license for CSS.