Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: DeCSS decision

Author:Jacob Levy
Posted:8/18/2000; 7:30:31 PM
Topic:DeCSS decision
Msg #:19840 (In response to 19838)
Prev/Next:19839 / 19841

I agree with you that DeCSS has substantial potential non-infringing uses. The judge apparently thought otherwise, no idea why he ruled that way. Does anyone know the basis for his ruling out the use of DeCSS for non-infringing purposes? Wasn't that demonstrated at the trial? Didn't this argument get raised by the defendants?

By the way, is there a DVD player for Linux that demonstrates this fair non-infringing use based on the DeCSS code? That would make the argument that much stronger, wouldn't it?

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