Monday I reported about the DeCSS util going to court again. Well to the US government, a DVD descrambling utility is the same as terrorware that could crash airplanes, disrupt hospital equipment and imperil human lives. LOL!
On Tuesday, an assistant U.S. attorney told a federal appeals court hearing arguments in the Universal Studios v. Reimerdes et al case that the DeCSS utility, which the Motion Picture Association of America has sued to take off a website, should be banned. |
Attorney Daniel Alter likened DeCSS to "software programs that shut down navigational programs in airplanes or smoke detectors in hotels." He warned: "That software creates a very real possibility of harm. That is precisely what is at stake here."
Those dire warnings had hackers sitting in the back of the courtroom, snickering. After all, DeCSS was developed by open-source devotees as a simple way to play DVDs on a Linux computer.
I think the court really doesn't know what he is talking about. Even links to the DeCSS util are illegal now. As a protest both the New York Times and Wired news are linking to the util now. Well then we don't want to stay behind so here is it: http://edu.irev.net/decss/windows/DeCSS.exe
The court continues on 10 may...
Source: Wired
