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At 12:40 PM 8/30/2000 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
> So I just don't get why (other than perhaps
> Kaplan was too personally close to the film
> industry) Kaplan can rule against DeCSS.
It is a test of will and power. Kaplan took offense at the widespread
attitude that such an act was beyond the power of a judge, that judges not
only should not censor thei internet, but that they *could* not censor the
internet, that the interenet was stronger than the judiciary.
It is not about copyright law. It is about power.
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