On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 06:08:03PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Bart Schuller wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 01:22:58PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > > > Brian--I've seen your comments on it on the harvard list. In fact, > > > > you could read that the injunction applies to every warm body on Earth > > > > and > > > > every program that looks like it could possibly transfer a bit off a > > > > DVD. The MPAA picked a good judge--he stayed bought. However, this is > > > > > > I don't see how you could possibly read that. I'm not in that judge's > > > jurisdiction. > > > > Neither is Lemuria in the Cali case, but they were named (Lemuria is based > > in .de). Neither was Johansen in the SDNY, but he was jailed. > > > > It's a widely circulated fallacy that Johansen was jailed for his > involvement in DeCSS.
One that's on the record in SDNY... > The courageous teen also revealed that the MPAA filed charges against Jon > and his father Per, instigating the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit to ask > Jon to answer questions at the police station in January 2000. His > testimony revealed a flaw in the judge's thinking, who has previously > stated in several opinions that the teen was arrested and has inferred > guilt therefrom. Not only was Johansen never arrested for developing the > software, the Norwegian government awarded Jon a prestigious award for his > excellent grades in high school and his contribution to society for > creating DeCSS. Although it did not come out in court today, the > Norwegian parliament has also issued the young teen a formal apology for > the treatment he has undergone as a result of publishing the code. > > (From http://www.foolishconsistency.com/ - Jul 21 2000 Update) > > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
