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DVD Jon to work for Michael Robertson

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the make-something-great dept.

GuNgA-DiN writes "Jon Lech Johansen, the 21-year-old Norwegian media hacker nicknamed DVD Jon, is moving to San Diego to work for maverick tech entrepreneur Michael Robertson in what can only be described as the most portentous team-up since Butch met Sundance. "I have no idea what I'll be doing, but I know it will be reverse engineering, and I'm sure it will be interesting," Johansen told Wired News during a Friday stopover in San Francisco. Robertson's website reveals that they are working on a new project and all he said was: "Oboe is the code name for a significant new project we have underway that will launch before the end of the year. It's as momentous as anything I've ever done in my technical career, but I won't say more since I despise vaporware. I know this project will be even better with Jon on board.""

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  1. Stay out! by CyricZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He should stay out of the US. We don't need him becoming another Dmitry Sklyarov.

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  2. It's a trap! by parasonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moving to the US...

    Officer: Welcome to America, sir
    Jon: It's a trap!
    [Brief pause] Officer: You are under arrest for crimes against the DMCA.

  3. Wired Story by hojna · · Score: 5, Informative

    The WIRED story is here. It is more indepth then the WSJ article.

  4. sorry guys.. by jkind · · Score: 5, Funny

    But there is already something called an Oboe.
    A doublereed, soprano range instrument with a conical bore (slightly expanding diameter from reed to bell). It has a nasal, but mellow and poignant, tone.
    Honestly though I don't see how Lindows + DVD + reverse engineering = profit?!

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  5. Seconded! Don't do it! by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dmitry was the first person I thought of too - seriously Jon, stay out! I'm not kidding. You'll wind up in jail. Doesn't matter if what you did was legal in your own country or not. The Media Mafia does NOT care. They'll have you locked up. These guys own Senators and they make the rules.

    No offer they've made could possibly be worth the risk. Don't do it.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  6. Let's get ahead of the game by Lifewish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why don't we just set up the "Free Jon Lech Johansen" fund now? Will save time later.

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    For the love of God, please learn to spell "ridiculous"!!!
  7. All we know about Oboe by Xarius · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that it will blow.

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    C17H21NO4
  8. Doesn't really matter anymore by CheeseTroll · · Score: 5, Interesting
    According to the Wired article...

    "In Norway, you have the same laws (as in the United States) now," he says, "so it makes no difference if I'm doing my work here or there."

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    A post a day keeps productivity at bay.
  9. Winter is coming... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Easy multiple choice quiz:

    [ ] Winter in Norway
    [X] Winter in San Diego

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.