Hacker Magazine Calls for Movie Business Protest

By Sushuma on 2000-02-04 10:22:01

(IDG)-The hacker magazine 2600 has called for a worldwide protest outside movie theaters Friday against the Motion Picture Association of America's aggressive attempts to keep its members' DVDs protected from unauthorized use.?In recent months the MPAA has filed several suits against websites and programmers who posted a formula that decrypts the content-scrambling system (CSS) of DVDs.?Some civil liberties groups and hackers objected to the MPAA's legal blitz, saying the posting of de-encryption software is protected by free speech entitlement.?"The MPAA, the organization that plays a major part in nearly every movie made, is shutting down thousands of Web sites worldwide and suing countless individuals simply because they offer information on DVD technology that the MPAA wants to keep out of your hands," says a notice announcing the protest posted on the Web site of 2600 magazine.?Calling itself the "hacker's" magazine, the publication says protests will take place and leaflets will be handed out outside movie theaters and video stores in 74 cities in North America and 26 cities in other parts of the world.?No specific protest sites were named.?Read more ...

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