Trial of the (Digital) Millennium

2600 magazine on trial! Hollywood on the rampage! Free speech under attack!

It's all true, honest. Daily reports below... All but first and last were reports from the morning only. For afternoon information, better see the EFF site for transcripts.

Disclaimer: all quotations are to the best of my memory, rapid scribbling in the courtroom, and lousy hearing. If you want *accuracy*, that's what transcripts are for. These reports cover only (my highly subjective sense of) the highlights; YMMV.

[ Day 1 ] | [ Day 2 ] | [ Day 3 ] | [ Day 4 ] | [ Day 5 ] | [ Interim ] | [ Day 6 ]

For more information about this case, please see:

• EFF documents (including trial transcripts)
• John Young's archive of DeCSS-related material
• OpenDVD.org
• The 2600 archive
• 2600's list of mirror sites
• Harvard Openlaw DVD site (includes mailing list)
• Another list of DeCSS mirrors or informational sites
• CMU professor David Touretzky's DeCSS information
• Slashdot's unauthorized posting :)
• Oh, yes, and the LiViD project itself!

Declan's demonstration pictures from Day 1: the whole collection or the source code poster

Billy's (dadadada.net) pictures from the demo: Clickable thumbnails
RMS was there too.

NYLUG pictures of the demo: includes commentary too.

More source code from Copyleft's T-shirt

For posting over your desk: a banner about the MPAA

And now that you're fully informed, and you've looked at all the pictures, send in your comments on the DMCA to the Commerce Department. Deadline: August 4, 2000. So get them in NOW!