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Jon Johansen Interviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Re:Reasonable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Instead of jailing competent people like these, those fucking bitorent-softwares should be outlawed.

    I have compiled a list of 78 people from my town and submitted it to my congressman's office and the response was very promising.

  2. You're right by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're absolutely right. It's a 100% valid question.

    The answer is to buy the CD. Don't buy from the iTunes store. DRM is on iTunes tracks because digital music is so easy to copy and distribute, and many of us don't mind the DRM because it is liberal enough to allow us as much fair use as we would want.

    I don't want to have to keep buying CDs forever. I want the music industry to go fully digital and online. I think the things Jon Johansen does prevents that from happening.

    1. Re:You're right by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

      Point taken about digital CDs. It is easy to make MP3s or M4As from an audio CD, but the iTunes Music Store provides them already encoded for you, even for albums you don't have a CD for. Hence, the DRM to attempt to prevent distribution.

  3. MODERATE UP!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who the fuck are you, and why do I care?

  4. Re:Turn up the heat gently by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Absolutely spot on. There was no fundamental need to crack iTunes like that, seeing as there were multiple ways around the DRM. Johansen just annoyed Apple and annoyed the users who had any sort of clue, just to show how ub3r 1337 he was.

    Way to go Johansen!!!!!!!!11 YOUR MAD L33T!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111