Andrew Shen on Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:27:40 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> Norwegian Arrested Over DVD Hack |
[any nettimers who can help out with language issues, for example, by translating norwegian documents into english, please contact Alex Fowler at EFF <afowler@eff.org>--tb] >Dear GILCers, > >The DVD issue is heating up around the world, now that Johansen and his >father have been arrested, had his computer seized, etc. > >>Jon Johansen, the 16 year old from Norway who cracked DVD encryption was >>arrested in a suprise raidyesterday after being named in a lawsuit by some >>of the biggest companies in entertainment. > >It is time for this group to (re)release its joint statement and start >reaching out to the international media. A lot of education needs to start >happening on the issues of copyright, fair use, reverse engineering, and >encryption. We are going to add a link to reports on this action in Norway >with the GILC statement on our site. In addition, we are going to start an >e-mail campaign through our new Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression. >Aside from the industry groups, to whom should we be reaching out? Do >folks on this list have some other suggestions for actions that we can take? > >Alex > > > >>Police raid teen hacker's home >>http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/d121152.htm >> >>Police have raided the Larvik home of a teen charged by some of the >>world's biggest entertainment companies with ripping off their music and >>films. The boy broke the code protecting videos and CDs. >> >>Entertainment industry giants including Sony, Universal, MGM and Warner >>have sued the 16-year-old Norwegian, accusing him of hacking his way >>through the codes meant to protect their products from downloading. >> >>They also charged he then publicized the code on the Internet. The >>teenager published the code on the home page of his father's company. His >>father is also charged. > >----- > >From Johansen: > >>Jon Lech Johansen (jlj) writes "The National Authority for Investigation >>and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway raided my >>home today and seized my Linux box, FreeBSD/Win2k box and Nokia cellphone. >>Not only I, but also my father has been indicted, since he owns the >>mmadb.no domain (webhotel) where my homepage(s) have been located. They >>also took me in for questioning which lasted 6-7 hours. It's 2 am CET now >>(I just got back), I haven't eaten, and someone's definitely going to pay >>for this. I have shut down my old email account, and I'm now using >>linuxdvd@mmadb.no - More information coming tomorrow, once I've talked to >>my lawyer. Did someone whisper countersuit?" > > >===------------------------------------------------- > Alex Fowler > Director, Strategic Initiatives Group > Electronic Frontier Foundation > > Email: alex@eff.org or afowler@eff.org > Tel: 415.436.9333, x103; Fax 415.436.9993 > Mobile: 415.595.6683 > > You can find EFF on the Web at http://www.eff.org >-------------------------------------------------=== # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net