- Tue Jan 15 2002 Magazine seeks review of DeCSS ruling
The editor of hacker publication 2600 is asking the full 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to review an earlier decision prohibiting the magazine from linking to or posting DeCSS--code that can be used to crack DVD security. In November, a three-judge panel of the court sided with the movie industry, which had sued the publication, saying the posting of DeCSS would lead to rampant piracy. The court is expected to decide whether to review that decision sometime in the spring.
- Mon Apr 2 2001 Stanford Law dean battles DeCSS
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the dean of Stanford Law School will join the defense team for a hacker magazine in an Internet free-speech and copyright lawsuit. Kathleen Sullivan, a law professor at Stanford and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet Society, will argue the case May 1 in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.
The case targets underground hacker magazine 2600, which posted DeCSS, a program that makes it possible to decrypt DVD security, in November 1999. The Motion Picture Association of America sued 2600 last year, alleging the magazine violated copyrights by publishing code that could potentially enable people to copy movies. A federal judge agreed and banned 2600 from linking to or posting the code. The EFF, which represents the magazine, appealed the case in January.
- Thu Jan 10 2002 DeCSS troubles persist for Norwegian teen
Hollywood reaches into Norway in an attempt to bust the creator of code that can be used to crack DVD security.
- Thu Feb 21 2002 Calif. Supreme Court to hear DeCSS case
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the motion picture industry in a closely watched case aimed at blocking distribution of DVD-cracking code on the Internet. The DVD Copy Control Association has sued hundreds of programmers who published the code, known as DeCSS, arguing that the postings violated state trade secrets law. The appeal seeks to overturn a lower court decision in favor of the defendants that found banning the code was an illegal crackdown on free speech.
In a separate federal case in New York, an appeals court has ruled that posting or linking to the code violates copyright laws.
- Fri Feb 27 2004 Court: DeCSS ban violated free speech
A California appeals panel reverses a 4-year-old injunction preventing publication of code that breaks Hollywood's DVD encryption scheme.
- Wed Feb 28 2001 NFL, musicians urge court to uphold DeCSS ruling
A mixed cast of characters, including the National Football League and Major League Baseball, is backing the movie industry in its fight against an underground hacking magazine.
- Wed Jul 11 2007 iLoad now rips DVDs direct to iPod. iPhone incompatible.
iLoad is a product that rips DVDs and CDs directly to your iPod.
- Thu Jan 22 2004 Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case
A request by the DVD Copy Control Association to California courts marks the close of the last prominent legal battle over DeCSS code.
- Thu May 29 2003 Arguments made in DVD-cracking case
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer calls DVD-cracking software DeCSS a tool for "breaking, entering and stealing" during a hearing before the California Supreme Court.
- Thu Sep 21 2000 DVD lawyers spill "secret" code
A digital rights licensing group seeking to ban the controversial DVD decryption program known as DeCSS shuts down yet another potential distributor: a California state courthouse.
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