"DVD-Jon" Faces Retrial 366
An anonymous reader submits: "Norway's special division for white-collar crimes, Økokrim, has decided to appeal the acquittal of 19-year-old Jon Lech Johansen, accused of copyright violation for helping bypass DVD code protection, web site Nettavisen reports."
19-year-old Jon Lech (Score:0, Funny)
You know what the lawyers say... (Score:3, Funny)
doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooo.. (Score:5, Funny)
Good luck contestants...
Sven, we cood be famoos, yah? (Score:5, Funny)
Sven: Yah.
Lars: Always giving trooble to the dirty accountants and such, yah?
Sven: Yah. Lars, eets very boring.
Lars: So Sven, lets go after thees kid, Jon Lech Johansen. He ees famous, does theengs with compooters.
Sven: Yah. We cood be on T.V.
Lars: Yah. Famoos.
Re:You can appeal an ACQUITTAL in Norway? (Score:4, Funny)
The real lesson here, I think, is that The Forces Of Evil never rest in their attempts to persecute hackers for actions that should not, by any sane measure, be crimes at all. This is apparently no less true in Norway than anywhere else.
Re:Is that even legal? (Score:2, Funny)
3) Unlike the Movie - you CAN'T be tried and convicted for killing someone (for instance) and then actually kill them. Those are actually TWO separate crimes. Makes for a good movie, but the law isn't paid attention to.
Uhh... did you watch the movie?
-a
RTFA (Score:5, Funny)
The head of Økokrim's computer crimes division said that the reasons for the appeal would be in their offices Monday afternoon.
I guess they had a meeting with the MPAA today?
Suck it Trebek! Hahahahaha (Score:2, Funny)
Alex: "That's Therapists... not The Rapists"
Sorry, I know I know... But it had to be said.
Re:You can appeal an ACQUITTAL in Norway? (Score:4, Funny)
Not after the verdict is in. Then, jeopardy is attached.
Jeez, don't you ever watch "Law and Order"?
While you can appeal to emotion? (Score:2, Funny)
Yep, that's exactly it. We live in movie land where everything is black and white, hackers vs. Evil Corporation X, and computer operating systems look like virtual reality.
If you want to support your case, may I suggest you tone down the rhetoric a bit? "Forces of Evil" and "any sane measure" are appeals to emotion... but we want this to be objective, right? Right?
STEALING! (Score:2, Funny)
Stealing is bad, u-kay?
Re:Is that even legal? (Score:2, Funny)
yes, I checked it out, and you're correct. I found somehting at findlaw that said so. I was certain that if new evidence were found that charges could be re-filed and the person re-tried.
5) Air (Score:3, Funny)
You hit the nail on the head though. In Canada there's a tariff on CD-R's just because they *might* be used to copy music. Not sure about DVD-R tariffs though...it's all so stupid!
Re:STEALING! (Score:3, Funny)