Eric Corley webmaster of the well known hacker magazine 2600 is still fighting against the American Entertainment industry. Corley was ordered by court to remove DeCCS (DVD descrambling software) from his website.
Corley says that because of this order he is limited in his free speech and is willing to take this case to highest court as possible:
Corley's lawyers on Jan. 14 requested a rehearing by the full 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Court in New York after a three-judge panel ruled in November that Corley's publishing of the DVD descrambling software on his 2600 magazine Web site was not protected by free speech provisions. |
The ruling was a major victory for Hollywood studios, such as Universal, Paramount and Disney, in the widely watched case because it meant the court found the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, does not infringe free speech.
Corley, along with other DMCA opponents, such as civil rights advocates, believe the controversial law gives studios and software companies too much control over use of digital material, denying citizens the same free speech rights in Cyberspace that people enjoy elsewhere.
I think it's a good thing that not everyone gives up that soon. Afterall most people would not even try to sue the American Entertainment Industry, because they have loads of money and keep up much longer than just an individual.
But if he makes any chance, I don't think so...
Source: Cnet.com
