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

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Tue Jan 7 09:59:09 EST 2003


On Tuesday 07 January 2003 09:52 am, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> 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.

And Michael Hirsch just read Slashdot before Charles Shapiro.

--Michael
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