So, while LinDVD will address the very lacuna that inspired DeCSS, it may not please everybody.

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True to their hacker beliefs, Corley supporters came to the trial wearing the DeCSS code on t-shirts.

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The whole affair began when teenager Jon Johansen wrote DeCSS in order to view DVDs on a Linux machine.

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Though the MPAA may not be able to stop DeCSS, there are other issues at stake that are unrelated to digital piracy.

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At stake for the MPAA -- even if not stated directly -- is the fact that DeCSS allowed users to develop competing technology.

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Open source purists may prefer to keep using DeCSS and to wait for the fruits of projects that are under development with LiViD and OpenDVD.org.

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The section of the letter stating that a permanent injunction has been issued against all postings of DeCSS is not true, said the Berkman Center's Seltzer.

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Matthew Pavlovich, founder of the LiViD project and president of the Dallas-based technology startup Media Driver, testified Friday that DeCSS was critical in developing a Linux-based DVD player.

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Still open is the question of whether the injunction against Corley, or the fight against DeCSS itself, is not a vain struggle in the face of inevitable change.

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In 2000, member studios of the Motion Picture Association of America successfully sued the hacker magazine 2600 for offering readers access to DeCSS, a piece of software used to break DVD encryption.

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Until October, when the relevant section of DMCA goes into effect, the use of an encryption circumvention device such as DeCSS is not illegal, only distribution or trafficking in such devices, she said.

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That the MPAA wants ISPs to preserve all records pertaining to accounts that have offered DeCSS has led some to speculate that those who downloaded the program are next in line for prosecution.

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If DeCSS were to be outlawed, "it would be a blow to Linux development and, because our business is working with this software, it would be a hindrance to our business model, " according to Palvovich.

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At that event, he castigated the motion picture industry for its lawsuit against distributors of DeCSS and said he hoped that commercial companies would fill the need in the event that the MPAA and DVD Copy Control Association suits succeed.

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