--- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:32:26 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Cindy Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EFF: DVD Descrambling Code Not a Trade Secret
Hi guys, In a complete surprise to us, the DVD CCA has given up on the Bunner case today. Cindy >Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Advisory > >For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 22, 2004 > > >Contact: > >Cindy Cohn > Legal Director > Electronic Frontier Foundation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 415 436-9333 x108 (office), +1 415 307-2148 (cell) > >Gwen Hinze > Staff Attorney > Electronic Frontier Foundation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 415 436-9333 x110 (office) > > >DVD Descrambling Code Not a Trade Secret > >DVD CCA Surrenders in Bunner DVD Descrambling Case > >San Jose, California - In a surprising retreat today, the >consortium of entertainment and technology companies known >as DVD CCA is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit against Andrew >Bunner, a republisher of a computer program created to allow >movie lovers to play their DVDs on computers running the >Linux operating system. > >DVD CCA effectively gave up a multi-year effort to have the >republication of the program, called DeCSS, declared a >violation of trade secret laws. > >"DeCSS has been available on hundreds if not thousands of >websites for 4 years now," said EFF Legal Director Cindy >Cohn. "We're pleased that the DVD CCA has finally stopped >attempting to deny the obvious: DeCSS is not a secret." > >The California Supreme Court last year ruled that one could >apply preliminary restraint on publication of a computer >program only in very narrow circumstances. DVD CCA sued >Bunner along with hundreds of people, including some T-shirt >manufacturers. > >For this advisory: >http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/20040122_eff_pr.php > >DVD CCA v. Bunner case archive: >http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DVDCCA_case/ > > >About EFF: > >The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil >liberties organization working to protect rights in the >digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and >challenges industry and government to support free >expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported >organization and maintains one of the most linked-to >websites in the world at >http://www.eff.org/ > > -end- -- ********************************************* Cindy Cohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Legal Director www.eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415-436-9333 x 108 (tel) 415-436-9993 (fax) Join EFF today! <https://secure.eff.org/> ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
