Is hyperlinking to decryption software illegal?

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A federal court in New York City has ruled, in a case now being appealed, that DeCSS software, which includes computer code that breaks the encryption scheme of digital video disks (DVD), is not speech of a sort that merits the constitutional protection given to 'pure expression.' The lawsuit was brought by the Motion Picture Assn of America against 2600, a magazine for hackers. Questions abound about what exactly is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Computer Software, Software Publishers, Government regulation, Software, Telecommunications regulations, Encryption, Data encryption, Column, Digital video disk, DVDs (Digital videodisks), Computer hackers, Government communications regulation, Motion Picture Association of America, Hacker, 2600 (Periodical)

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David and Goliath versus another David

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Software giant, Microsoft Corp. has found itself a surprising ally, director of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, who now heads the W3C. 12 years ago, he asked the head of U.S. patent and trademark office to re-examine a patent granted five years ago, to prevent substantial economic and technical damage to the operation of (the) World Wide Web.

Evaluation, Patents (International law), Patent infringement

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Eolas Vs web: a small Chicago technology firm beat Microsoft in court, but now it must fight the entire Internet

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ANNOTATION: Websights The Eolas's patent, which gives the one-person company control of a key web browser technology is re-examined by the U.S. Patent Trademark Office (USPTO).

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Patents & copyrights, Patent Programs, Patents, Patent/copyright issue, Eolas Technologies Inc.

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