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DeCSS DVD Descrambler Supported By Court
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Posted by: TotalRecall
The Copy Control Association (CCA) was granted an injunction case to stop Andrew Bunner from publishing Jon Johansen's DeCSS DVD descrambler, but Bunner appealed stating the injuction violated the right to freedom of speech. The CCA claimed the descrambler had only one clear purpose... Here's what the court thought (taken from The Register):
"Like the CSS decryption software, DeCSS is a writing composed of computer source code which describes an alternative method of decrypting CSS-encrypted DVDs. Regardless of who authored the program, DeCSS is a written expression of the author's ideas and information about decryption of DVDs without CSS. If the source code were compiled to create object code, we would agree that the resulting
composition of zeroes and ones would not convey ideas.
"That the source code is capable of such compilation, however, does not destroy the expressive nature of the source code itself. Thus, we conclude that the trial court's preliminary injunction barring Bunner from disclosing DeCSS can fairly be characterized as a prohibition of pure speech."
Posted by: Kdr Kane
Be sure you understand what the court said.
You have the right to publish any source code you want under freedom of speech. But, if you compile or distribute a program, it may be illegal as will be this program discussed by the court.
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