Reverse engineering

[Bari Ari]

Steve Gehlbach wrote:

> Steve Gehlbach wrote:
>
>> ollie lho wrote:
>>
>>> Then why a DVD player with DeCSS not a "interoperatable" software ?
>>>
>>
>>   The reason is that the US legislature (apparently)
>> only intended the reverse engineering exception to apply to 
>> interoperating with _software_, not movies. 
>
>
> I was working from memory here, and it has been pointed out to me that 
> the final DeCSS decision does not state this.  I don't recall where I 
> read this, maybe it was an interim opinion, maybe I have it completely 
> wrong.  So to be very accurate, you should read the final DeCSS 
> opinion yourself: http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/dvd/dvdopinion.pdf.

This has moved up to the Supreme Court.
Lots of links are here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978985.html?tag=fd_top

-Bari