Nospam schrijft: "Slim is anders, maar dankzij de rechtzaak tegen DeCSS is de source code van dit almachtige programma terecht gekomen in publieke rapporten van de rechtzaak. Dit houdt dus in dat iedereen deze kan inzien en dus een eigen DeCSS programma kan maken. Als dit balletje begint te rollen, dan is er echt geen stoppen meer aan (goh, dat is balen
). Ow ja, de inhoud is hier al te vinden".
Word has begun to spread around the Net today that the source for DeCSS has been included in the public court records filed by the DVD Copy Control Association against Webmasters and distributors of the DVD decryption application. Once again proving the lack of understanding that DeCSS itself is not the problem but rather the protocol itself, the source is now available for public consumption and will undoubtedly lead to more decryption programs. After a California Superior Court issued an injunction Friday barring the distribution of DeCSS, this mistake may turn things around for proponents of DeCSS and civil liberties. [break] Deze reactie op Betanews (waar bovenstaande info vandaan komt) vond ik ook wel redelijk treffend: [/break] So whats the point behind the lawsuit? The source is now public domain since its in the court records, and hasn't been sealed.
What a batch of stupid lawyers they've hired.