Judges still don't understand copying
Khoder bin Hakkin
hakkin at sarin.com
Thu Nov 29 14:28:37 PST 2001
http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-cad.htm
Decryption in the
case of CSS requires a set of "player keys" contained in compliant
DVD players, as well as an understanding of the CSS encryption
algorithm. Without the player keys and the algorithm, a DVD player
cannot access the contents of a DVD. With the player keys and the
algorithm, a DVD player can display the movie on a television or a
computer screen, but does not give a viewer the ability to use the
copy function of the computer to copy the movie or to manipulate the
digital content of the DVD. -- JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Hey Judge, here's a clue: the fact that a licensed DVD player knows
a password to the content on a disk does NOT prohibit copying the
medium.
Here's another clue:
All your hollywood are belong to us; we just need the bandwidth to
swap them. If DeCSS were wiped off the earth, licensed players would
still play swapped movies.
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