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CSS of DVDs Ruled 'Ineffective' by Finnish Courts

Posted by Zonk on from the rip-away-my-pretties-rip-away dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The CSS protection used in DVDs has been ruled "ineffective" by Helsinki District Court. This means that CSS is not covered by the Finnish copyright law amendment of 2005 (based on EU Copyright Directive from 2001), allowing it to be freely circumvented. Quoting the press release: ' The conclusions of the court can be applied all over Europe since the word effective comes directly from the directive ... A protection measure is no longer effective, when there is widely available end-user software implementing a circumvention method. My understanding is that this is not technology-dependent. The decision can therefore be applied to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD as well in the future.'"

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  1. Obligatory Monty Python reference by Mr+Pippin · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and there was much rejoicing!

  2. Of course you know this means: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Freedom Pastry!

    You've crossed the line now, Denmark.

    - The Corporate States of America

    1. Re:Of course you know this means: by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

      Finland != Denmark.

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    2. Re:Of course you know this means: by mooingyak · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's what those Swedes want you to think.

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    3. Re:Of course you know this means: by viking80 · · Score: 3, Funny

      All the swiss people in Sweden will take offense of the mixup here.

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  3. Freedom! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


    Eat your Freedom Fries, lads! These Finns need Liberatin'!"

  4. CSS? by u-bend · · Score: 3, Funny

    Duh, what do cascading style sheets have to do with DVDs? They must have embedded web content. That must be it.

    Stop! I'm kidding. Put the flamethrowers away!

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  5. Re:Catch-22? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the age of the Internet, cracks can almost instantly become widespread.

    Alright trolls, here's your once-in-a-lifetime chance to have your goatse posts be ontopic.

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  6. Well, then by bccomm · · Score: 5, Funny

    CSS is Finnished then.

  7. Re:Mod parent funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd suggest that the goatse guy was probably feeling a bit tired before it was first posted.

  8. Re:Mod parent funny by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what took you those five minutes?

    I was furiously masturbating to it.

    Oh wait, did I say that out loud?

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  9. Re:Heh, heh, - ooops it was Finland, not Denmark by cp.tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's all the same the us over here in Alabama.

    I didn't know you Albanians even had Internet access...

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