http://www.metafilter.com/458// Comments on MetaFilter post Comments on 458 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/458/ <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/29/2019219&mode=thread">Thank god, a judge was smart enough to throw out an injunction</a> against all the web site owners that <a href='http://www.dibona.com/social/dvd/code/index.shtml'>posted the DeCSS source code</a>. This suit was completely pointless because DeCSS is used for *playback* of DVDs, not copying (which can be done bit-for-bit digitally). The people who should be punished for this are the dorks that came up with the weak encryption in the first place. post:www.metafilter.com,1999:site.458 Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:25:24 -0800 mathowie Slashdot USlaw DeCSS source DVD encryption DRM