FC: Norway charges Jon Johansen for copyright violations with DeCSS

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Other news coverage (via Slashdot)
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=256006
http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=9&item=194062
http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2002/01/10/305441.html

Background on the Johansen case:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=johansen

Photos of Johansen:
http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=johansen

Johansen's testimony in DeCSS trial in New York city:
http://www.eff.org/Cases/MPAA_DVD_cases/20000720_ny_trial_transcript.html

-Declan

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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:51:41 +0100
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From: "per chr. k. stokke" <pcs () digi no>
Subject: Jon Lech Johansen charged

FYI, everybody:

Norwegian authorities (www.okokrim.no) have chosen to charge Jon Lech=20
Johansen for violation of =A7145 in the norwegian penal code: ".... any=20
person who by breaking a protective device or in a similar manner,=20
unlawfully obtains access to data or programs which are stored or=20
transferred by electronic or other technical means".

If found guilty, he faces up to two years imprisonment and / or fines.

Regards,

pc

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