Re: California appeals court holds that DeCSS code is protected speech

2001-11-04 Thread John Gilmore
> Second, the court ruled that the preliminary injunction which the lower > court had issued was an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech, but > went out of its way not to answer whether damages and/or a permanent > injunction after trial would suffer the same fate. Actually, the fact tha

Re: California appeals court holds that DeCSS code is protected speech

2001-11-03 Thread James S. Tyre
At 02:17 PM 11/3/2001 -0500, Steve Bellovin wrote: >"SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2001 6:20 p.m. EST) - Publishing software >code to decrypt and copy digital movies is protected by the First >Amendment as an expression of free speech, a California appeals >court ruled. > >"The state's 6th Appellate

California appeals court holds that DeCSS code is protected speech

2001-11-03 Thread Steve Bellovin
"SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2001 6:20 p.m. EST) - Publishing software code to decrypt and copy digital movies is protected by the First Amendment as an expression of free speech, a California appeals court ruled. "The state's 6th Appellate District in San Jose found Thursday that Andrew Bunner's