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The U.S. Supreme Court reversed an emergency stay on a case involving DVD descrambling Jan. 3.
In so doing, the high court affirmed a decision of the California Supreme Court, which had ruled that the entertainment industry could not force a Texas resident who had published DVD descrambling software on the Internet to stand trial in California.
This means that the defendant, Matthew Pavlovich, who posted the software called DeCSS, is able to distribute the program online.
DeCSS, which is distributed for free, enables people to play DVDs without technological restrictions, such as forced watching of commercials imposed by movie studios. The program became popular shortly after its dubious debut, being distributed online by thousands of individuals worldwide the first year it was posted.
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In so doing, the high court affirmed a decision of the California Supreme Court, which had ruled that the entertainment industry could not force a Texas resident who had published DVD descrambling software on the Internet to stand trial in California.
This means that the defendant, Matthew Pavlovich, who posted the software called DeCSS, is able to distribute the program online.
DeCSS, which is distributed for free, enables people to play DVDs without technological restrictions, such as forced watching of commercials imposed by movie studios. The program became popular shortly after its dubious debut, being distributed online by thousands of individuals worldwide the first year it was posted.
For the rest of the story.
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