Is DeCSS Legal In UK?

Paul Crowley paul at ciphergoth.org
19 Jul 2002 14:45:46 +0100


Julian T J Midgley <jtjm@xenoclast.org> writes:
> DeCSS is an mechanism for defeating a copy-protection mechanism (CSS).

DeCSS is a mechanism for playing DVDs using only Open Source
software.  At the time it was written, writable DVDs were too small
and expensive to make piracy practical.
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