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Post number 13739

donkeysuck — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:53:53 -0800

Who says DeCSS litigation is dead? Norwegian court indicts the fellow who cracked DVD protection.

By: yesster

yesster — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:42:58 -0800

Don't take indictment as necessarily pro-DMCA or pro-RIAA. Indictment does not equal conviction. An indictment followed by an acquittal would do more do damage the effectiveness of DMCA-like laws than no indictment at all. Legal strategists know this, which is why, for example, some people intentionally try to get indicted for violation of sodomy laws, so that their acquittals will effectively kill those laws. So without the indictment, the laws cannot be challenged.

By: jfuller

jfuller — Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:28:34 -0800

> Who says DeCSS litigation is dead? Did anyone say DeCSS litigation was dead? Has the RIAA gone belly up? Has Hell frozen over?