Norwegian Court Acquits DeCSS Author Jon Johansen - Again

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DeCSS: Jon Johansen Acquitted In Retrial

DeCSS: Jon Johansen Acquitted In Retrial 12/22/2003 09:03 AM

DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins

DeCSS: Jon Johansen Retrial Begins 12/02/2003 11:05 AM

DeCSS author cleared again on appeal

DeCSS author cleared again on appeal 12/22/2003 01:49 PM
The DeCSS DVD-decryption retrial has ended with another "not guilty" verdict

True confessions from the DeCSS Haiku
author

True confessions from the DeCSS Haiku
author 01/27/2004 08:37 PM
After three years, my cow-orker Seth Schoen has broken his hard silence and admitted to writing the DeCSS haiku. In this poem, the algortihm necessary for playing back DVDs is expressed as a series of haiku, despite the fact that such publication is banned under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In this essay, he explains his motivations and the procedure he went through:

Writing the bulk of the poem itself took me around 15 hours over the course of several days, excluding the CSS tables (whose construction I describe below). As Leigh Ann Hildebrand observed, there were classical influences at work in my efforts; I realized immediately that I would need to begin with an invocation of the Muse. (My poetic skills were not up to constructing dactyllic hexameters, and I had already settled on the haiku form.) I used Prof. Touretzky's article "The CSS Decryption Algorithm" as my main source for the technical details, but I set myself a strict rule against using hexadecimal constants, because they seemed unpoetic. Everything had to come back into decimal form, because a number is a number. I also felt that it was important to include passages honoring and praising heroes (even using an epithet in the traditional epic way: "wise Andreas Bogk", only partly metri causa) together with a substantial amount of context. After all, one of the ways long poetry maintains interest is by telling several stories at once, and by painting scenery. Finally, I felt that expressing the fear of censorship directly and repeatedly within the poem itself created an interesting tension. It emphasized that the poem had really been written by a human author with a human voice and his own interests and passions. Aware of the prospect of censorship, the poem confronts would-be censors directly and takes them to task. By contrast, most source code is relatively defenseless: it can't fight against its own suppression, and it gives less direct evidence of being in a human voice, leading some people to accept its stigmatization as "merely mechanical" or "merely functional". I feel that it is essential that the poem constantly pleads for its own life -- an effect accomplished comically yet powerfully by Joe Wecker in "Descramble (This Function Is Void)"

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Seth Shoen Reveals Himself Author of
DeCSS Haiku

Seth Shoen Reveals Himself Author of
DeCSS Haiku 01/28/2004 02:33 PM
Slashdot Jan 28 2004 5:07PM GMT

Seth Schoen Reveals Himself Author of
DeCSS Haiku

Seth Schoen Reveals Himself Author of
DeCSS Haiku 01/29/2004 10:58 AM
Slashdot Jan 29 2004 2:14AM GMT

Court Acquits Mooning Theater Director
(AP)

Court Acquits Mooning Theater Director
(AP) 08/21/2004 08:49 AM
AP - The Supreme Court has quashed charges of obscene exposure levied last year against avant-garde theater director Gerald Thomas, who mooned an audience after an opera performance.

Haiti court acquits rebel leader

Haiti court acquits rebel leader 08/18/2004 02:49 AM
A court acquits ex-paramilitary leader Jodel Chamblain of murder in a trial criticised by human rights activists.

Appeals court rules DeCSS is no longer a
trade secret

Appeals court rules DeCSS is no longer a
trade secret 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
The Andrew Bunner case may finally be over after an appeals court rules a preliminary injunction against Bunner violated his free speech rights.

DVD Jon decision upheld by Norwegian
court

DVD Jon decision upheld by Norwegian
court 12/22/2003 02:59 PM
Seems the music industry is not having much luck in courts around the world. DVD Jon upholding a prior decision...

Jury acquits two in Qwest case

Jury acquits two in Qwest case 04/17/2004 03:21 PM
CNET Apr 17 2004 6:43PM GMT

Germany acquits 'Jackal's aide'

Germany acquits 'Jackal's aide' 08/23/2004 05:09 AM
A German court acquits an alleged aide to jailed left-wing extremist Carlos the Jackal over 1980s bombings.

Jury Acquits Disney Worker of Fondling
(AP)

Jury Acquits Disney Worker of Fondling
(AP) 08/04/2004 08:39 PM
AP - A Walt Disney World worker who portrayed the character Tigger was acquitted Wednesday of charges he fondled a 13-year-old girl while posing for a photo with the teen and her mother.

Jury Acquits Belnick of Larceny Charges
(AP)

Jury Acquits Belnick of Larceny Charges
(AP) 07/15/2004 08:21 PM
AP - Tyco International Ltd.'s former top lawyer, Mark A. Belnick, was acquitted Thursday of charges that he stole millions of dollars by accepting an illegal bonus and abusing company loan programs.

Jon Johansen Interviewed

Jon Johansen Interviewed 04/05/2005 11:26 AM

Jon Johansen at it again. iTunes
cracked.

Jon Johansen at it again. iTunes
cracked. 12/02/2003 12:57 AM
Jon Johansen of DeCSS fame has done it again. This time he has made it possible to remove the DRM from iTunes. The Register has the story. So does Slashdot. Jon Johansens various software is available here. He runs a blog where he has a quite funny "Sue me" comment.

Jon Johansen Breaks iTunes DRM Yet Again

Jon Johansen Breaks iTunes DRM Yet Again 03/22/2005 10:03 PM

PyMusique: Jon Johansen ataca de nuevo

PyMusique: Jon Johansen ataca de nuevo 03/23/2005 10:32 AM

Jon Johansen opened the AirPort Express

Jon Johansen opened the AirPort Express 08/12/2004 10:32 PM
Jon Johansen opened the AirPort Express and his Web site promptly got vaporized (third time's the charm, I guess). iPoding also cracked it wide open a few weeks ago.

Johansen pleads not guilty in DVD
appeals case

Johansen pleads not guilty in DVD
appeals case 12/02/2003 12:15 PM
CNET Dec 2 2003 11:03AM ET

Jon Johansen cracked the new version of
Apple's FairPlay DRM

Jon Johansen cracked the new version of
Apple's FairPlay DRM 05/11/2004 10:20 PM
Last week Jon Johansen cracked the new version of Apple's FairPlay DRM and now a new version of PlayFair (renamed to Hymn) is out.

Johansen Breaks AirPort Express
Encryption

Johansen Breaks AirPort Express
Encryption 08/11/2004 08:44 PM
Jon Lech Johnasen, author of DeCSS, has discovered the public key that the AirPort Express users to allow software to play audio through it. "This is a huge step forward in giving standard applications the ability to use an Express for audio output," according to one developer. By MacNN (via MyAppleMenu)

Johansen Cracks Airport Express
Encryption

Johansen Cracks Airport Express
Encryption 08/12/2004 11:39 AM

After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS

After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS 04/25/2004 08:39 PM
Slashdot Apr 26 2004 0:18AM GMT

After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS

After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS 04/25/2004 04:30 PM

DeCSS case dropped

DeCSS case dropped 01/23/2004 03:54 AM
A long battle against an individual hosting the DeCSS code and other web sites that had carried the DeCSS code...

The History of the DeCSS Haiku

The History of the DeCSS Haiku 01/28/2004 08:43 AM
He's SETH DAVID SCHOEN

loyalty.org/~schoen/haiku.html
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Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
Seth Schoen: The History of the DeCSS Haiku I wrote the DeCSS Haiku because I was angry at the attempts?

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku 01/27/2004 09:54 PM
Seth Schoen: The History of the DeCSS Haiku I wrote the DeCSS Haiku because I was angry at the attempts?

DVD CCA Drops Case; DeCSS Not a Trade
Secret

DVD CCA Drops Case; DeCSS Not a Trade
Secret 01/22/2004 06:22 PM

DeCSS case winner: 'DVD Jon'

DeCSS case winner: 'DVD Jon' 12/22/2003 11:23 AM
ZDNet Dec 22 2003 9:52AM ET

norwegian wood, 1st day

norwegian wood, 1st day 10/29/2003 12:13 AM
we have been at concert of Dave Gahan :) he was so cool as usual;) you can see pics here...

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood 04/25/2004 04:41 PM
Whilst the world reels to the unlikely news that Princeton considers 24 American beers in 24 hours to be some form of binge, rather than, say, a refreshing breakfast, over on this side of the pond the partying is a...

Norwegian mosquitos

Norwegian mosquitos 10/29/2003 01:15 AM
In Norway, mosquitos are the size of small aircraft, and drivers are cautioned not to collide with them....

Norwegian cleared of DVD piracy

Norwegian cleared of DVD piracy 12/22/2003 11:22 AM
CNET Dec 22 2003 10:03AM ET

A couple of new norwegian bl0ggers

A couple of new norwegian bl0ggers 03/13/2003 10:15 AM
Here's a couple of new norwegian bloggers, not from the feed, but still worth a mention :) Check out Terje...

Norwegian 3G Success for Siemens

Norwegian 3G Success for Siemens 05/06/2004 02:38 PM
3G May 6 2004 6:23PM GMT

Norwegian Grabs Lead in a First for the
Tour

Norwegian Grabs Lead in a First for the
Tour 07/05/2004 09:09 PM
Thor Hushovd finished second in a mass sprint finish Monday to take over the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.

Norwegian Job Ad Seeks Friendly Vikings
(AP)

Norwegian Job Ad Seeks Friendly Vikings
(AP) 04/05/2005 08:39 AM
AP - Help wanted: Vikings. Must be friendly, tourist-oriented and interested in ancient Norse traditions. Crazed, bloodthirsty pillagers need not apply.
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