Re: [dvd-discuss] Bunner wins DeCSS trade secret appeal

[Jeme A Brelin <jeme(at)brelin.net>]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Bryan Taylor wrote:
> Hmmm.... It's not all good. It appears that the Court's reasoning is
> based on a differentiation between source and object code. It based
> it's decision on the source code form of DeCSS:
> 
> <quote>
> If the source code were “compiled” to create object code, we would
> agree that the resulting composition of zeroes and ones would not
> convey ideas. (See generally Junger v. Daley, supra, 209 F.3d at pp.
> 482-483.) That the source code is capable of such compilation,
> however, does not destroy the expressive nature of the source code
> itself.
> </quote>
> 
> Although, i have to ask, if the object code does not convey ideas, how
> can it result in the improper disclosure of the trade secret?

_I_ have to ask, if the object code does not convey ideas, how can it be
copyrighted?

J.
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