[Am-info] California Court Says DeCSS is "Pure Speech"

Fred A. Miller fm@cupserv.org
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 14:41:16 -0500


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California Court Says DeCSS is "Pure Speech"

A three judge panel of the California Court of Appeal has ruled
that DeCSS, the program written to descramble DVDs, is "pure speech"
and web sites posting the program are protected by the First Amendment.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/651673.asp?0dm=C16PT
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,48075,00.html
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7751876.html?tag=prntfr

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