Teen cleared in landmark DVD case (CNN)
[Posted January 7, 2003 by corbet]
CNN
reports on the acquittal of Jon Johansen.
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But Johansen argued his code was necessary to watch movies he already owned, on his Linux-based computer, for which DVD software had not yet been written.
He said since he owned the DVDs, he should be able to view them as he liked, preferably on his own computer. The court, citing consumer laws which protect consumers' fair use of their own property, agreed."
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