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Criminal Code?
"A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community." By C. Scott Ananian. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/09/linuxdvd/
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Does an Anti-Piracy Plan Quash the First Amendment?
"Does fair use entitle the scholar, reporter or others to gain access to the copyrighted work in the first place? It's at the heart of a closely-watched copyright and First Amendment case winding its way through the federal appeals maze." By Ca
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/27/technology/27CYBERLAW.html
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DeCSS Down Under
"A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/01/decss_australia/
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DeCSS Judge: Code Isn't Free Speech
"MPAA president Jack Valenti cheers the decision. Next stop: Appeals court." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/18/decss_trial/index.html
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Can Hyperlinks Be Outlawed?
"Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/06/decss/
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DeCSS Decoy
"A free-software fanatic unleashes a 'useless' program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code." By Damien Cave. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/22/decss/
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Movie Industry Frowns on Professor's Software Gallery
"His site is a gallery devoted to representations of a piece of software that has been deemed illegal because it can be used to break through the copy-protection system on DVD movies." By David F. Gallagher. [New York Times] [Free registration
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/30/technology/30CYBERLAW.html
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Judges Weigh Copyright Suit on Unlocking DVD Shield
"A lawyer for the Web magazine 2600 urged a federal appeals court in Manhattan yesterday to find unconstitutional a 1998 law that seeks to limit the unauthorized copying of digitized material." By Amy Harmon. [New York Times] [Free registration
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/technology/02CODE.html
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Judges Seek Answers on Computer Code as Free Speech
"In what may signal a heightened significance for a case testing the constitutionality of a 1998 digital copyright law, a panel of appeals court judges has asked both sides of a case to answer a list of 11 questions on whether computer code can qual
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/11/technology/11CODE.html
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Hollywood to Home Viewer: We Own You
"Last Thursday, a judge in New York City ruled that an obscure magazine called 2600, based in Middle Island, N.Y., can't post an equally obscure program, DeCSS, on its Web site, or link to other sites that offer it." By Rob Pegoraro. [Washingto
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A19743-2000Aug24
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