Re: CDR: Re: eBay: Burn DVD movies onto CD?

[Lars Gaarden]

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:53:38AM -0700, David Honig wrote:
> 
>>At 07:30 PM 6/20/01 -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
>>
>>>The DMCA, according to the court, clearly prevents the use of DeCSS
>>>and css-auth, even in the case that it has a legitimate use, because
>>>it circumvents the access control measures built into the DVD
>>>standard.
>>>
>>We both know that's an incorrect ruling that will be reversed.
> 
> I covered the trial and the appeal, and I would not make such a strong
> claim.

Seems like the appeals court is somewhat clued, as they asked more or
less the correct questions. But as you say, it is nowhere near certain
that the court will rule our way.

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LarsG