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DVD Jon modifies Google video viewer

...player, to only play back files that are stored on its servers. Jon Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, on Tuesday posted code, which requirs... Read more

30 June, 2005 by Joris Evers

iTunes DRM hole fixed

...back door into the popular iTunes store. One of the creators was Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for releasing DVD-copying software in 1999... Read more

22 March, 2005 by John Borland

iTunes Music Store DRM bypassed

...iTunes music store and purchase songs free of DRM features. Joined by Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for distributing DVD-cracking code in late... Read more

21 March, 2005 by John Borland

DeCSS programmer turns attention to iTunes

...turned his attention to Apple Computer's iTunes. Late last week, programmer Jon Johansen posted a small program called QTFairUse to his Web site, with... Read more

25 November, 2003 by John Borland

Alleged DeCSS hacker faces two years

Jon Johansen, a Norwegian teen, goes on trial Monday for allegedly bypassing DVD... Read more

10 December, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Linux expert blasts movie industry over DVD

...the encryption protecting DVDs from playing on unauthorised platforms. Sixteen-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway was charged with copyright violation and interrogated by police... Read more

3 February, 2000 by Will Knight

Torvalds lambastes DVD lawsuits

...from playing on unauthorised platforms. One of the programmers, 16-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway, was brought up on charges of copyright violation and... Read more

2 February, 2000 by ZDNet

News Burst: Linux camp ponders open-source DVD

Linux users attacked the DVD industry on Friday, publicly debating the potentially far-ranging effects of three DVD lawsuits on the availability of an open-source DVD player on Linux Read more

4 February, 2000 by Robert Lemos

iTunes DRM-free backdoor reopened

...latest version of Apple's software. In a blog posting, Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, who was previously responsible for releasing software used to copy DVDs... Read more

23 March, 2005 by John Borland

Apple stops iTunes swapping

...FairPlay protections altogether, allowing the purchased songs to be distributed without restriction. Jon Johansen, the Norwegian youth who first released the DeCSS DVD-copying tool... Read more

29 April, 2004 by Ina Fried

US court: Reverse engineering is 'presumptively legal'

...DeCSS in the United States, an effort that began when Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen posted DeCSS on the Internet. A criminal case against Johansen in... Read more

1 March, 2004 by Evan Hansen

Judge rules DVD-copying program is illegal

321 Studios can no longer distribute its copying software, a judge has ruled Read more

23 February, 2004 by John Borland

DVD Jon seeks compensation

...Jon" was the master hacker behind the downfall of DVD piracy protection. "Jon Johansen of MoRE... had NOTHING to do with the actual cracking of... Read more

28 January, 2004 by Patrick Gray

Week in review: Copy-protection drama, scary robots and faster wireless

...way anti-piracy technology is viewed by the courts. Teenage Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen was acquitted by an Oslo court for his role in creating... Read more

10 January, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Norway piracy case brings activists hope

Internet and technology activists are hoping the acquittal of Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen in a digital piracy case signals a change in attitudes about... Read more

9 January, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

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