Johansen Beats Hollywood in DeCSS Case

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In the Norway's prosection of DeCSS developer Jon Johansen, the court found him innocent on all counts. If only US courts would take this as precedent.

"The court ruled there was "no evidence" that either Johansen or others had used the decryption code (called DeCSS) for illegal purposes. Johansen therefore couldn't be convicted on such grounds, nor for acting as an accessory to other alleged illegal activity, wrote judge Irene Sogn in the court's ruling.

"Nor, wrote Sogn, was there any evidence that Johansen intended to contribute to illegal copying.

"The court determined that it is not illegal to use the DeCSS code to watch DVD films obtained by legal means."

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