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DeCSS distribution sites in court

14 January 2000 18:05 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny

Seven major movie studios sued several sites that spread program called DeCSS. DeCSS is a program that decrypts the DVD copy protection codes and that way allow people to copy their DVD movies. In other hand, DeCSS is the only program that gives Linux users ability to watch DVD movies.

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