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Re: Judge closes courtroom after MPAA/DVDCCA claim CSS is a "trade secret"
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:51:13 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Date: April 29, 2009 1:46:15 AM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Judge closes courtroom after MPAA/DVDCCA claim CSS is a "trade secret"
Dave, Here's an update on the MPAA/DVDCCA case in San Francisco:CNET expected the MPAA/DVDCCA attorneys to renew their request to kick the public out of the courtroom on Tuesday, so we asked our outside First Amendment counsel, Roger Myers, to attend. Roger let the judge and attorneys from both sides know he was present and that he was prepared to object to a motion to seal the courtroom.
Perhaps as a result, the attorneys representing Hollywood were careful to phrase their questions to witnesses so they didn't get into trade secrets:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10229474-93.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10229124-93.htmlOn Wednesday, though, RealNetworks is planning to call a rebuttal witness who will try to respond to the supersecret points the DVDCCA witness made about the CSS algorithm on Friday in closed session. My guess is that's when the request to close the courtroom, if it is made at all, will arise.
-Declan David Farber wrote:
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
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