So I've been in New York covering the DVD lawsuit filed by the movie industry against 2600 magazine. Some (unfortunately digital) photos of the hacker/Linux protests outside the courthouse: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/dvd-2600-trial.html And some participants, including 2600's Emmanuel Goldstein and cryptome's John Young: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/2600.html And, of course, Jon Johansen: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-10/jon-johansen-3.html On our way to dinner on Monday after the trial ended for the day we found a healthy selection of pirated movies on VHS for $5 each on the street. It was a nice irony -- Hollywood attacking DeCSS and ignoring the real culprits outside: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-10/emmanuel-goldstein-pirate.html I bought the X-Men movie. The quality is acceptable; if the origin was a video camera pointed at a movie theater screen, at least the pirate used a tripod. A few articles I've written about the trial: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37647,00.html Movie Studios on the Warpath by Declan McCullagh 1:25 p.m. Jul. 18, 2000 PDT http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37615,00.html DeCSS Lawyers Press MPAA by Declan McCullagh 4:20 p.m. Jul. 17, 2000 PDT -Declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
