Tuesday, 10. December 2002
Topic: - on December 10, 2002 at 2:06:52 AM CET
Teen Hacker, Hollywood Nemesis, on Trial
Jon Lech Johansen was only 15 when he wrote and distributed on the Internet for free a program that unlocked copy-protected DVDs, giving Hollywood nightmares and making him a folk hero among hackers.
Three years later, he's going on trial in an important test case for Norway's strict laws against computer piracy and hacking.
¬> Excite ¬> Aftenposten's ¬> Electronic Frontier Foundation ¬> CNN ¬> Heise
¬> An eye witness account of the first day of Jon Johansen deCSS trial in Norway
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