DeCSS: Jon Johansen Acquitted In Retrial 457
EssJay writes "DVD-Jon is acquitted in the retrial. The verdict was expected in January, but was announced today in the papers." We had posted about the retrial beginning - it's a good holiday present to get this early.
Re:DVD Jon (Score:5, Funny)
~S
Re:Aftenposten article (Score:2, Funny)
not fair -- best of out 5!! (Score:5, Funny)
Odd... (Score:5, Funny)
a court of law has ruled against the big media companies and for the little hacker guy who wrote a cool C++ program to let us all watch DVDs that we legally own?
Was Rod Sterling seen anywhere near the court, at all?
Next lawsuit already in planning.. (Score:5, Funny)
Norway is a den of copyright criminals. Make no mistake; we in Oekokrim and our new best friends from the MPAA won't give up our holy fight to take avay the evil fair use rights from the Norwegian movie fans just because our holy cause suffered a minor setback today.
Indeed, another criminal right up Johansen's alley is already under investigation and will be brought to justice soon. This criminal mastermind is known as VHS-Lars [www.nrk.no].
There is reason to believe he has has connections to Osama bin Laden, too.
Re:Aftenposten article (Score:2, Funny)
You must be new here
Reverse engineering and Windows (Score:2, Funny)
While it is not particularly well-written software, I'm sure we could learn many things from the source code that we could use in Open Source Software/Free Software/GNU/Linux. I'm thinking specifically the GUI and Windows' tip-top TCP/IP stack.
Re:So what? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh for the love of... (Score:5, Funny)
Who would have thought the courts would rule correctly?
Why visit the U.S.? (Score:5, Funny)
Why else but to stock up on cheap Region 1 DVDs to take home and copy!
Re:excellent news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So what? Not everyone lives in the USA! (Score:1, Funny)
If all else fails... (Score:2, Funny)
Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!
But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case?
Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!
Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.
And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Re:At last - now lets hope we can all move on (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Norway is not a socialist nor a communist count (Score:2, Funny)
Well, then, thanks for not referring to the events in 1905 as "breaking free from despotic royal rule".
Don't mind you slagging the Danes though. :-)
They'll just retry him (Score:2, Funny)
Wow (Score:3, Funny)
What a bastion of individual freedom you've got over there.
Re:not fair -- best of out 5!! (Score:3, Funny)
Pining for the fjords are we? :-)
Re:At last - now lets hope we can all move on (Score:2, Funny)
And how long before EUCD gets cracked?
not (Score:2, Funny)