MPAA vs. 2600RoadmapIntroductionThe MPAA2600.comCSS & DeCSSWhy the lawsuit?Text of DMCAWhat is at stake?Economic IssuesLegal IssuesCourt DecisionsEthical IssuesUtilitarian Ethical TestSocial IssuesConclusionThe Big PictureQuestions, Comments, Flaming Criticism?ReferencesMPAA vs. 2600Copyright Law & YouRoadmapIntroductionWhat is at stake?How will this effect you?Conclusions – The Bigger PictureIntroductionWho is:MPAADVD CCA2600.comWhat is:CSS & DeCSSWhy the lawsuit?The MPAAMotion Picture Association of AmericaRepresents the entire movie industryDVD Copy Control AssociationContent Scrambling System – CSSLicensed and required for all DVD playback equipment2600.comThe Hacker QuarterlySelf-described as “focused on the vulnerability of computer security systems”Editor Eric Corley a.k.a. Emmanuel GoldsteinCSS & DeCSSDVDs have files (.vob) that are encrypted using CSSDVD CCA controls who has decryption keysDVDs are region encodedDeCSSInput: .vob file (encrypted)Output: mpeg file (unencrypted)Why the lawsuit?MPAA sued 2600.com because it was linking and hosting to DeCSSMPAA cited the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as basis for lawsuitCircumvention of copyright protections illegal2600.com was allegedly contributing to copyright infringementText of DMCA No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;What is at stake?Economic issuesLegal issuesEthical issuesSocial issuesEconomic Issues$8.4 billion at the box office in 20019.8% increase over 2000$3 billion world-wide lost in potentia l revenueNot including internet piracyLegal IssuesCode as object vs. Code as speechFair use vs. copyrightsLegality of reverse engineeringDigital Millennium Copyright ActTrumping speech with copyrightCourt Decisions2600.com prohibited from linking and/or hosting DeCSS code.Code mixes speech & non-speech elements—i.e. expressive & functional2nd Circuit Court (NY) has upheld ruling9th Circuit Court has found code to be speech (Bernstein vs. U.S. DOJ)Ethical IssuesLinking to codeReverse engineeringProviding information about exploitsAnonymous release of codeUtilitarian Ethical TestPro ConSource Disclosure of vulnerabilitiesHarmful impact on movie industry, economyObject Breaks hegemonic control over DVD moviesCircumvents copyrights“Keys to castle”Social IssuesHow does this case effect you?Stifle innovation in researchRestricts speechControl over consumption of mediaShould it be absolute?Fair use in the 21st centuryConclusionState of the case nowEFF & 2600 have appealed to CA Supreme CourtBatted back and forth between CA & NYStill has yet to be resolved entirelyDeCSS continues to be widely availableGoogle search for DeCSS returns ~97,000 resultsDVDs are the fastest growing consumer product everThe Big PictureMagic-markers and CDsIs this any different from DeCSS and DVDs?AP & Reuters have not been suedEnglish vs. C-code – what is the difference?Questions, Comments, Flaming Criticism?ReferencesMPAA post-trial brief:http://www.2600.com/dvd/docs/2000/0808-brief2.html"Source code is speech" Amicus Curiae Brief:http://www.2600.com/dvd/docs/2001/0126-speech.htmlEFF's case archive (provided by Ms Cohn):http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/MPAA Economic
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