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DeCSS injunction Reversed In CA Case

DVD CSS Encryption cracked!

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Background info

Read Slashdot for background about what this is all about: Click here for a list of Slashdot article about DeCSS.

Note: All this is not about pirating DVDs, but rather about playing them on a platform (Linux) that has been shunned by the DVD consortium. European law explicitly allows reverse engineering when needed for interoperatibility.

More background links (many from Linux Today): can be found here

Local files (the code, and legal threats)

Get DVD CSS Code here
Note: the above DVD CSS code cannot be used as-is on most Linux platforms.
The code requires that the DVD ioctl has been installed into your kernel.
You can get the DVD ioctl HERE. (Or, in case it dissapears, at this mirror)
Want the source code to the entire LiVid ("DVD on Linux") project? Get this zip file or this tarball. N.B. Older versions of the tarball were corrupt. As the tarball contained the same files as the zip archive anyways, I just rebuilt it from livid.zip; it should be ok now.
CSS authentication source
DeCSS.zip (for educational purposes only)
The complaint by the DVD CCA, complete with links.
A very poorly formatted e-mail sent to freedvd@free-dvd.org.lu. Note to all 'ye sharks out there: this site is located in Luxembourg. Hence I fail to understand how the rules and opinions of a Californian court (where the hell is that?!) would be relevant to this site or to me. In two words: Shove it. N.B. Useful mail anyways: they seem to surf from the 38.228.47 IP block, just in case anybody wants to fine-tune the RewriteConds in his Apache .htaccess files.
An e-mail sent by MPAA lawyers to Brian Ristuccia, operator of the osiris mirror, and his response. I especially like the bit about perjury.
An e-mail sent to our national network Administration. Sending legal threats to ministries of foreign countries. How quaint! Isn't the MPAA foolish to believe that they can give advice about Luxembourgish law (the only one relevant here...) to the Luxembourgish government...

A brief history, with newsposts and files!

CSS History: css-chain-of-events
1999/10/25: Posting of css.tar.gz
1999/10/26: An analysis of the CSS Key generation CSS-key-generation-analysis
1999/10/28: More code: more-code-for-reading-descrambling-dvd
1999/10/27: Successful-attack-on-CSS-algorithm
1999/10/30: A working cracker for the player keys: working-playerkey-cracker
1999/10/30: A better (much faster) cracker the player keys: better-player-key-cracker
1999/10/30: All player keys: random-numbers
1999/10/30: A working attack on the disk key hash (find the disk key without needing any player keys!: working-attack-on-diskkey-hash

Discussion and examples about the CSS algorithm

The following site contains some good technical documentation as well as more source code that the DVD consorium's lawyers would rather you not see: http://crypto.gq.nu/ (down)
Local Mirror: here. Another mirror here

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News about firmware patches to do away with those pesky region locks.

Lists of mirrors

Even after the original rhythm.cx site, which had a quite extensive list of mirrors, has been shut down, lists of mirrors of the DVD stuff can be still found at the locations listed on this meta mirror list.

NB: Another legal action has been instigiated by the DVD CCA on December 28th. Despite this legal action, most mirrors are still up, and many more new ones have come up.

In a comment posted to Slashdot, Bradley Uffner lamented about a weird policy at the Lebanon School District which says that " teh school can be held accountable for something on pages with links to our site, or even for mentioning the district". I think, the best way to get such a ridiculous rule repealed is to test it in court... Dear MPAA, please do us a favor, and help poor Brad get rid of that stoopid rule. Thanks for your cooperation ;-) Oh, Brad, and please remove that ugly Internet Explorer 5 icon from your private site. Remember: Windows should only be used for downloading Linux, never for its own sake...

Legal notice

The software (source as well as binaries) offered on this site can be freely redistributed. It was written by authors who expressly permitted and encourage the redistribution of this software and information. The purpose of this software is not, I repeat not illegal copying of DVD disks. It is meant to provide information neccesary to be able to program a DVD player for Linux. To do this, the CSS system needs to be incorporated in the player. Recently the (very weak) content scrambling system was deciphered, freeing the way for a Linux DVD player. The CSS system is not a copy protection system, since it does not prevent copying of the disk. Writing information about the way a certain protection scheme functions is completely legal. The source code and binaries on this site are completely legal too, since they contain no code from the DVD consortium or one of its members. The sources and programs on this site are purely written by 3rd parties using clean-room reverse engineering methods, which is, again, completely legal. This software and information below make it possible for people who legally obtained their DVD movies to view them on their Linux systems.

The presence of protective measures on this site does not constitute an admission of guilt, but are rather due to the realization that fighting through a suit can become a timeconsuming and expensive undertaking, even if winning eventually. Btw, come to think of it, these protective measure could even fall under the DMCA, so beware if you're a lawyer, and are seeing this site...

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