[ale] Jon Lech Johansen (Norwegian DECSS dude) acquitted

[Charles Shapiro]

In a 'stunning defeat' for the MPAA and the RIAA, a Norwegian court has
acquitted the author of the "DECSS" decryption code of all charges. This
ruling has no force in the USA, of course, but just maybe it'll
influence folks here.

Read all about it at 

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=466519

Michael Hirsch gets credit for finding the story first.

-- CHS

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