26 Jun
2001
26 Jun
'01
5:31 p.m.
Declan McCullagh wrote:
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:53:38AM -0700, David Honig wrote:
At 07:30 PM 6/20/01 -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
The DMCA, according to the court, clearly prevents the use of DeCSS and css-auth, even in the case that it has a legitimate use, because it circumvents the access control measures built into the DVD standard.
We both know that's an incorrect ruling that will be reversed.
I covered the trial and the appeal, and I would not make such a strong claim.
Seems like the appeals court is somewhat clued, as they asked more or less the correct questions. But as you say, it is nowhere near certain that the court will rule our way. -- LarsG