Everyone's been paying attention to the federal DeCSS case in New York where 2600 Magazine has been unsuccessfully trying to fend off the MPAA: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=decss http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/dmca-appeals-arguments.html http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=decss But a state case in California -- while it doesn't involve the DMCA -- is also important. It's a trade secret claim brought by DVD-CCA against hundreds of DeCSS mirror sites. See below (though I suspect the arguments will just be wrangling over jurisdiction, and not reach the heart of the case). Background on DVDCCA "the other" lawsuit: http://www.politechbot.com/p-00814.html http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dvdcca -Declan --- From: "Tay, Marvin" <MTayat_private> To: "'declanat_private'" <declanat_private> Subject: Indiana Student to Challenge Calif. DeCSS Lawsuit Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:33:41 -0700 Declan, You may want to encourage your bay area readers to spare an hour or so to support Matt in his petition against the DVD-CCA group. He'll be at the California Appellate Court at 333 W. Santa Clara St., 10th floor, in San Jose, at approximately 9 a.m., Thu., July 12. Hearing starts at 9.30am. Heckling should follow shortly after :) More info at: http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/20010711_eff_pavlovich_pr.html marv ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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