A Norwegian court has upheld a lower court exoneration of Jon Johansen AKA <a href=http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/32451.html>’DVD Jon’ charged with cracking Hollywood’s copy-protection technology</a> known as DeCSS. <i>Indicating that the ruling might have implications in the U.S. case of the Copy Control Association (CCA) v. Andrew Bunner, Seltzer told TechNewsWorld that the “final acquittal” breaks apart the movie industry’s claim to have trade secrets in the DeCSS program written by Johansen and later published by others, including Bunner.</i>

Hollywood should not have the right to tell people they can’t make backup copies of material they buy and the court seems to agree with this sentiment citing: <i>The court deemed this to be fair use and also recognized the need to make backup copies, according to Manshaus. “The court mentions that optical storage media easily can be damaged, making it important for consumers to have the option of making a backup copy within already defined ‘fair-use’ terms,” Manshaus said in a statement. </i>

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