DeCSS

  • Peer-to-peer terrorism

    Bad news from the Napster wars: The harder you fight against decentralized networks, the more enemies you create.
  • End of an affair?

    Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far.
  • A bug in the legal code?

    David Touretzky talks about methamphetamines, DeCSS and the death of the First Amendment.
  • DeCSS Down Under

    A U.S. ban on the DVD-decrypting code is only egging on Australian hackers -- and an odd songwriter.
  • DeCSS judge: Code isn't free speech

    MPAA president Jack Valenti cheers the decision. Next stop: Appeals court.
  • A hacker crackdown?

    As the long arm of the law reaches Napster and its lookalikes, programmers could be held responsible for what others do with their code.
  • Code on trial

    Does the DVD-decrypting DeCSS do for video what Napster did for music, and can copyright law stop it?
  • Does anybody care about fighting the DMCA?

    A protest at Stanford against the ultra-restrictive copyright law generates little heat and sparse attendance.
  • Can hyperlinks be outlawed?

    Movie studios aim to criminalize links to DeCSS, a banned DVD-decryption program.
  • DeCSS decoy

    A free-software fanatic unleashes a "useless" program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code.
  • Studio technician

    MPAA president Jack Valenti has never downloaded an MP3, but he could have a huge impact on the future of online entertainment.
  • Criminal code?

    A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community.

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