14 Dec
2002
14 Dec
'02
12:01 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
I'd have to too, had they said it.
Ah yes, to be more specific, the MPAA are using ?KOKRIM, a Norwegian
law enforcement agency, to prosecute Jon Johansen. They have charged
him with "cracking CSS". The prosecution, of course, couldn't say he
had "reverse engineered CSS" because that doesn't sound very criminal.
And we all know that "cracking a code" and "reverse engineering a
code"
are two COMPLETELY different things; one of them is against the law!
-brian.
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
on his actions. Now, the MPAA folks say that reverse
engineering their
lousy CSS encryption is a crime. I think that's absurd, and I'm really
surprised that /anyone/ on /this/ list would agree with the idea that
reverse engineering something is, in itself, a criminal act.
I have to second that.