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DVD Jon Seeks Compensation
News Jon Lech Johansen, also known as "DVD-Jon", will seek compensation from the Norwegian government following his acquittal in an appellate court on charges related to alleged copyright violation. A text file that is said to be distributed with the...
[January 28, 2004, 10:20]
DVD Jon Modifies Google Video Viewer
News Jon Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, on Tuesday posted code, which requirs a .Net runtime to work, on his Web site that he said removes that restriction. A day after Google released its Video Viewer, a Norwegian programmer tweaked the application...
[June 30, 2005, 10:30]
DVD-Jon: Critics 'don't Understand DRM'
Talkback This article, like so many , misrepresents fundamental facts. The purpose of DeCSS is to allow the user to play DVDs on their own computers, No decryption software is needed to copy DVDs.
[November 28, 2003, 12:09]
DVD Jon Seeks Compensation
Talkback i like that very much and i like this website
[January 28, 2004, 16:55]
DVD-Jon: Critics 'don't Understand DRM'
Talkback There seems to be several fundimental flaws in Jon's logic. First, let me point out that Jon's view of Mac users as stereotypical, shrill, and condescending. Secondly, I'd have to look up the history to make a better determination, but one thing...
[November 30, 2003, 0:38]
DVD Jon Fights DeCSS Appeal
Talkback Should we be prosecuting someone who has created an item that could be used for illegal purposes? Balaclava manufacturers beware!
[December 3, 2003, 12:20]
DVD Jon Cleared Of Piracy
Talkback I guess one of the reasons for maneuvering the appeal results to Christmas is that the prosecutors knew they would lose again and either way, it would be drowned out in the holidy activies. However, too few articles point out the fallacy that DeCSS...
[December 23, 2003, 10:08]
DVD-Jon: Critics 'don't Understand DRM'
Talkback I don't see Jon as a criminal but rather this is the natural evolution of a business distribution problem. It is fine that Apple have created a market to distribute songs and generate profit, but I will not partake of such digital entertainment...
[November 28, 2003, 16:49]
DVD-Jon: Critics 'don't Understand DRM'
Talkback Jon's actions only hurt Apple and everyone interested in purchasing music from them. Apple's implementation of drm allows users to create their own CDs with music they purchased. How is it that anyone can claim that the customer has no control over...
[November 29, 2003, 0:52]
CES: DVD Formats Face Off
News The price of drives is coming down after a big drop in 2001, so they're finally getting down to prices consumers are comfortable with," said Jon Peddie, chief executive of Jon Peddie Research. According to NPD Intelect, Spofford said, HP's DVD+RW...
[January 11, 2002, 8:31]
Hollywood's War On Open Source: Linux In The Cross Hairs
News Most movements have a poster boy, and the DeCSS defendants have found theirs in 16-year-old Jon Johansen. At LinuxWorld 2000 earlier this month, supporters of the defendants passed out bumper stickers that read "Free Jon Johansen" (for the record...
[February 28, 2000, 9:23]
Alleged DeCSS Hacker Faces Two Years
News Jon Johansen, a Norwegian teen, goes on trial Monday for allegedly bypassing DVD anti-copying technology. In an essay, Norwegian law professor Jon Bing said it is uncertain whether the law applies "to a situation where someone breaks a code or...
[December 10, 2002, 7:57]
DVD Industry's Fallback Plan: Sue!
News I know very well that they would not win in court, but they could make a big mess out of it," said Jon Johansen, the person that the lawsuit claims was the first to post the DeCSS utility, in a November note posted to his site.
[December 29, 1999, 11:55]
Harry Potter At The Mercy Of Pirates
News Jon Peddie, an analyst at Jon Peddie Research, said the studios for now are spending substantially larger amounts of money lobbying Congress for new copy-protection laws and regulations than they are spending to install copy controls at the...
[June 21, 2002, 10:41]
Hackers' DVD Call To Arms
News One of the programmers, 16-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway, was charged with copyright violation and interrogated by police. Hollywood's much publicised efforts to clamp down on software that cracks DVD encryption codes, is being met head-on Friday...
[February 3, 2000, 14:39]
A Year Ago: Hackers' DVD Call To Arms
News One of the programmers, 16-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway, was charged with copyright violation and interrogated by police. The Internet community, civil libertarians and lawyers take on Hollywood over DVD encryption
[February 3, 2001, 5:00]
Judge Rules DVD-copying Program Is Illegal
News However, in 1999, a Norwegian teenager named Jon Johansen released a software program called DeCSS, which allowed computers to decrypt DVDs, even without a licensed "key. After eight months of deliberation, a San Francisco federal judge has ruled...
[February 23, 2004, 7:50]
Torvalds Lambastes DVD Lawsuits
News One of the programmers, 16-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway, was brought up on charges of copyright violation and interrogated by police. DVD companies want to control the market, and not by offering a good technical solution, but by suing their own...
[February 2, 2000, 17:04]
First (legal) Software DVD Player For Linux
News Sixteen-year-old Jon Johansen of Norway, author of the DeCSS programme -- which breaks the encryption and allows DVDs to play on Linux -- was charged with copyright violation and interrogated by police.
[April 3, 2000, 11:19]
Studios Race To Choke DVD Copying
News But in mid-1999, a 16-year-old Norwegian hacker named Jon Johansen began distributing a software program called DeCSS. By next year, analyst firm Jon Peddie Research predicts, 15 million burners will be sold.
[February 4, 2002, 15:25]
