DeCSS haikus
A truly inspired way of describing DeCSS: DeCSS haikus. (I hope linking to it is not illegal.)
dvd-decryption 5
Posts about dvd decryption.
2002 1
2001 4
Linking to illegal sites is illegal
Linking to illegal sites is illegal. But if you just type the URL like http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/ that’s fine.
DeCSS lost the case
Oops. DeCSS lost the case. Welcome to the world of strong copyright protection.
DeCSS is legal
Preliminary indications are good. DeCSS is legal (so far.)
Cracking DVDs
Two MIT students have written a 7-line program that unscrambles protected DVDs. It’s downloadable. The legal issue is whether source code deserves protection on par with freedom of expression.