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[FYI] DVD: Electronic Frontier Foundation Vows to Continue Legal Fight
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- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:45:00 +0200
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 20, 2000
Three Netizens Silenced by Motion Picture Industry in Early DVD Court
Order
Electronic Frontier Foundation Vows to Continue Legal Fight
San Francisco -- During a three-hour hearing today in the Southern
District of New York, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan granted a
preliminary injunction against three defendants sued by the very well
funded Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) over
distribution of the DeCSS DVD descrambling program on the Internet.
As a result, the defendants have been ordered to take down the
offending material from their Web sites. The Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF), which is a nonprofit organization providing pro
bono legal counsel in this case and several others, vowed to continue
to support the important free speech rights of the defendants.
"While we are clearly disappointed with today's decision, not all has
been lost," said EFF's Executive Director Tara Lemmey. "Judge
Kaplan's ruling is very narrowly tailored and does not impact on the
rights of others linking to, discussing, or publishing technical
information on the weak encryption built into DVDs."
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