DVD/DeCSS Links

 

BACKGROUND/LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Good background on the CSS issue, lawsuit info and legal docs. Calls itself

"The Ultimate DeCSS Resource Site"

http://www.pzcommunications.com/decss/main.htm

A thorough archive of official court documents in CSS related lawsuits

http://jya.com/cryptout.htm#DVD-DeCSS

DVD CCA v. McLaughlin et al. Legal filing that does a good job of explaining the CSS system.

http://cryptome.org/dvd-v-521.htm

MPAA v. REIMERDES et al. MPAA's s argument against DeCSS

http://cryptome.org/dvd-mpaa-v-3.htm

 

SOFTWARE/DeCSS PROJECTS

2600 - a page with many links to places to download DeCSS software

http://www.2600.com/news/1999/1227-help.html

Advocacy site for free use of CSS, you can download the actual DeCSS

software and source code here.

http://www.opendvd.org/

DVD player for Linux based on DeCSS

http://linuxvideo.org/

 

NEWS ARTICLES

"Movie Pirates Hitting Prime Time" Article about increasing viability of personal movie copying.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/402970.asp?bt=pu&btu=http://www.msnbc.com/m/olk2k/msnbc_o_install.asp

 

Why the DVD Hack Was a Cinch - Good, brief overview of how DeCSS was supposed to work. WIRED has many informative articles about the DeCSS issue.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32263,00.html

Legal DVD for Penguin-Heads - WIRED

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,35311,00.html