[KLUG Members] DeCSS case reversed!!! (Woooo Hoooooooo!)

[Adam Williams]

Some good news!  Something that has been in painfully short supply
lately.  One round of virtual beer for everyone!
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 A bit of good news for the weekend,  a California court has decided
that DeCSS is legal under the First Ammendment. "A California court has
dealt a potentially serious setback to the movie industry's attempt to
rid the online world of software that can help break through copy
protections on DVDs.

The appeals court released a decision Thursday overturning an earlier
order that barred hundreds of people from publishing the code for a
software program called 'DeCSS' online. Posting the code is just like
publishing other types of controversial speech and is protected by the
constitution, the appellate judges said." (Thanks to Anders S. Buch)

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7751876.html