In this morning's Arizona Daily Star, an Associated Press article, dateline, 
Oslo, Norway, reported:

"... a Norwegian court acquitted a teen-ager of digital-burglary charges for 
creating and circulating online a program that cracks the security codes on 
DVDs.

...

Head Judge Irene Sogn said people cannot be convicted of breaking into their 
own property."

"Last week, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor lifted an 
emergency stay that prohibited the posting of similar DVD decryption programs 
on the Internet."

...

"... last March, a Dutch appeals court cleared copyright infringement charges 
against Kaazaa, a maker of software that lets people download music, movies 
and other copyright-protected material."

Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona

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