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DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order

Posted by timothy on Monday June 6, 2005 @08:16AM from the hold-your-breath-if-you're-surprised dept.

the-dark-kangaroo writes "The DVD Decrypter author has announced that he has been served with an order to cease his development of DVD Decrypter. The developer has been forced to hand over all source code and the domain that he was using. It is thought that it could be Sony who have served this notice, as it is rumoured that he broke their new copyright protection within 72 hours of its release."

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Re:Not Surprised by RexRhino · 2005-06-06 09:31 · Score: 1, Redundant

I suppose it would be way to much to expect people to RTFA before they post on Slashdot...

But if you had, you would have seen that the developer ISNT IN THE UNITED STATES!

In most countries, judges can give court orders for nearly anything. Anyone with enough lawyers can make you do anything they want, against your will, period... and if you don't have an army of lawyers to back you up, you are powerless to do anything about it.