A Norwegian court has upheld a lower court exoneration of the man charged with cracking Hollywood’s copy-protection technology for DVD movies. The software crack, known as DeCSS, earned then 15-year-old Jon Johansen the nickname ‘DVD Jon.’ Now 20 years old, Johansen was cleared when a three-judge panel rejected charges that he had accessed DVD movies illegally using his own Linux player. Prosecutors took advantage of Norwegian law’s permission of an appeal, but the appellate court upheld the earlier decision Monday, reaffirming that Johansen had not broken the law.
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Norwegian Court Clears ‘DVD Jon’ Again in Appeal
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 22, 2003 09:36 AMA Norwegian court has upheld a lower court exoneration of the man charged with cracking Hollywood’s copy-protection technology for DVD movies. The software crack, known as DeCSS, earned then 15-year-old Jon Johansen the nickname ‘DVD Jon.’ Now 20 years old, Johansen was cleared when a three-judge panel rejected charges that he had accessed DVD movies illegally using his own Linux player. Prosecutors took advantage of Norwegian law’s permission of an appeal, but the appellate court upheld the earlier decision Monday, reaffirming that Johansen had not broken the law.