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Judge closes courtroom after MPAA/DVDCCA claim CSS is a "trade secret"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:08:19 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Date: April 24, 2009 6:52:20 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Judge closes courtroom after MPAA/DVDCCA claim CSS is a "trade secret"
Dave,A San Francisco federal judge kicked the public out of the courtroom about an hour ago after MPAA and DVD-CCA attorneys claimed information about CSS is a trade secret:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10227195-38.htmlThis might come as a surprise to anyone who's ever visited Dave Touretzky's Gallery of CSS Descramblers, including photos of CSS on t- shirts, ties, and even (sigh) haiku:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/CNET objected, telling the judge that CSS was publicly available, that the 9th Circuit has specific procedures that must be followed before a courtroom may be closed, and that if there's a question about closure being necessary, MPAA/DVD-CCA should file a proper motion and give our lawyers time to respond.
It didn't work. We're reviewing our options (we did litigate to keep documents unsealed in the Facebook case last year: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983222-7.html) .
Thought IPers would be interested... -Declan ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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- Judge closes courtroom after MPAA/DVDCCA claim CSS is a "trade secret" David Farber (Apr 25)
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