Re: [dvd-discuss] Jon Johansen, updates?

[Jon Lech Johansen <jon(at)nanocrew.net>]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 07:15:58PM +0200, Grzegorz Staniak (gstaniak@ajax.umcs.lublin.pl) wrote:
> I got involved recently in a flame war about copyright issues on a
> Polish newsgroup, and one of the arguments against the validity of
> charges brought against Jon Johansen was that since he was arrested and
> questioned in 1999, no further charges were brought against him, there
> was no trial, and no ruling - which seems strange if what he did was
> illegal under Norwegian law. One of the pro-DMCA people questioned this
> argument and referred us to a web page that mentioned some kind of
> prosecution, but it seems it was grounded solely on Jon's own testimony
> in the New York DeCSS case, when he mentioned that he had to appear at
> an attorney's office. I tried to google out any information about
> further developments, but all I found was a lot of discussion and
> opinions, no facts. So, does anybody know what's his current situation
> with respect to the DMCA charges? Have they been dropped since? Is there
> some kind of investigation going on, a trial, whatever? 

dobry wieczor :)

I suggest you have a look at
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/DeCSS_prosecutions/Johansen_DeCSS_case/20000125_bing_johansen_case_summary.html
which should answer most of your questions. the only thing that has
happened since then is that I went in for another interrogation about 3
months ago.

-- 
Jon Johansen
nanocrew.net