IP: DVD hacker Johansen indicted in Norway

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:41:45 -0500
> To: david Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
> From: "K.Ellis" <guavaberry@earthlink.net>
>
> DVD hacker Johansen indicted in Norway
> By Ann Harrison
> Posted: 1/1/02 at 19:58 GMT
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23633.html>
>
>
> Norwegian prosecutors have indicted Jon Johansen for his role in creating 
> the DeCSS program that unlocked a DVD copy protection system and unleashed 
> a series of lawsuits by the motion picture industry.
>
> The National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and 
> Environmental Crime in Norway (OKOKRIM) indicted Johansen on January 9th 
> for violating Norwegian criminal code section 145(2), which prohibits the 
> opening of a closed document in a way that gains access to its contents, 
> or breaking into a locked repository. The law also prohibits the breaking 
> of a protective device in a way that unlawfully obtains access to the data.
>
> If Johansen is found to have committed the felony for the purpose of 
> unlawful gain, he could serve up to two years in prison.
>
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