RichMan and GristyMcFisty both reported us
that Hollywood has dropped its lawsuit
against a Californian publisher. Andrew Bunner and others were
sued by the DVD CCA (Copy Control Association) for disclosing details of
the DeCSS code, which circumvents the CSS encryption scheme used on DVD
discs:
injunction against Bunner et al, the DVD CCA yesterday filed a motion to dismiss its case, noting that "this court should not be reviewing this case on the basis of a less than fully developed record." It had become impossible to argue that Bunner was publishing a trade secret: CSS simply wasn't a secret any more. The Norwegian programmer who published DeCSS was acquitted on retrial earlier this month. |
If you are interested you can read the final ruling
here (PDF document,
1MB).
Source: The Register
