Meet the Kid Behind the DVD Crack

By Sushuma on 2000-01-31 10:24:00

(IDG)--On Monday, January 24, authorities in Norway searched the home of Jon Johansen, a 16-year-old Norwegian member of the Masters of Reverse Engineering (MoRE) -- the group which created the DeCSS DVD playback utility for Linux.?Jon and his father Per Johansen have both been indicted by Norway's Department of Economic Crime.?LinuxWorld talked to Jon about DeCSS, the investigation, the controversy -- and about why he feels that this case is at the same time so ridiculous yet so important.?Read the whole interview ...

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