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Re: [dvd-discuss] Content neutral?
The best quotation from Bartnicki v. Volper,
532 U.S. 514 is
To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Content neutral?
Date sent: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 14:36:01 -0500
From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@samsara.law.cwru.edu>
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<snip>
> As a general rule, laws that by their
> terms distinguish favored speech from disfavored speech on the
> basis of the ideas or views expressed are content based.
<snip>
DeCSS expresses the ideas regarding DVD security. This speech,
disfavored by the MPAA and the subject of the DMCA is content
based.