[Summary: There are two lawsuits relating to the DeCSS DVD-descrambing/copying utility. In the federal one, the Second Circuit said the DMCA prohibits 2600 from distributing DeCSS. The state claim is being litigated in California by the DVDCCA under state trade secret law. Last November, the state appeals court ruled that Californians have a "First Amendment right to publish the DeCSS program." I haven't looked into this closely, but I suspect that ruling now may be in jeopardy because the state supreme court could veer in the opposite direction. --Declan] Politech archive on DVDCCA lawsuit: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dvdcca EFF document archive: http://www.eff.org/Cases/DVDCCA_case/ --- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 09:49:47 -0800 To: declanat_private From: David Greene <dgreeneat_private> Subject: review granted in Bunner Declan: In case you haven't heard, the California Supreme Court granted review in DVDCCA v. Bunner yesterday. The Court of Appeal decision has been vacated. ======================================================================= David Greene Executive Director First Amendment Project 1736 Franklin Street 9th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 510-208-7743 510-208-7744 (FAP staff) 510-208-4562 (fax) dgreeneat_private www.thefirstamendment.org The First Amendment Project is a nonprofit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. FAP provides advice, educational materials, and legal representation to its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists in service of these fundamental liberties. ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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