FC: The other anti-DeCSS lawsuit: Santa Clara on Thurs 7/12 9 am

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Everyone's been paying attention to the federal DeCSS case in New York 
where 2600 Magazine has been unsuccessfully trying to fend off the MPAA:
  http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=decss
  http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/dmca-appeals-arguments.html
  http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=decss

But a state case in California -- while it doesn't involve the DMCA -- is 
also important. It's a trade secret claim brought by DVD-CCA against 
hundreds of DeCSS mirror sites. See below (though I suspect the arguments 
will just be wrangling over jurisdiction, and not reach the heart of the case).

Background on DVDCCA "the other" lawsuit:
  http://www.politechbot.com/p-00814.html
  http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dvdcca

-Declan

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From: "Tay, Marvin" <MTay () livecapital com>
To: "'declan () well com'" <declan () well com>
Subject: Indiana Student to Challenge Calif. DeCSS Lawsuit
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:33:41 -0700

Declan,

You may want to encourage your bay area readers to spare an hour
or so to support Matt in his petition against the DVD-CCA group.

He'll be at the California Appellate Court at 333 W. Santa Clara St.,
10th floor, in San Jose, at approximately 9 a.m., Thu., July 12.
Hearing starts at 9.30am. Heckling should follow shortly after :)

More info at:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DVDCCA_case/20010711_eff_pavlovich_pr.html


marv




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