Will DVD Jon sue Sony BMG?
p2p news / p2pnet: Will DVD Jon Johansen, the former bane of Hollywood, sue Sony DRM (oops, sorry, Sony BMG) for thieving parts of the FairPlay code he wrote for VLC?
Matti Nikki originally told Johansen about the Sony DRM (oops, Sony BMG) rip-off.
On his So Sue Me blog, Johansen posts:
I recently discussed Sony BMG’s infringement of my copyright with a lawyer. I have not taken any action against Sony BMG so far for the following reasons:
Statutory damages are only available if the work was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before the infringement occurred.
Proving actual damages of any substantial amount will be very difficult due to the fact that the work was licensed under the GPL.
I will be registering my future works with the Copyright Office and releasing my works under a different license (possibly GPL + a liquidated damages clause).
Will ’so far’ become an operative phrase?
Stay tuned.
Also See:
Matti Nikki – Malware tech for all ; ), November 15, 2005
former bane – DVD Jon and digital rights, March 25, 2005
February 2nd, 2006 at 6:41 pm
^^^just as the titles states
February 2nd, 2006 at 8:06 pm
DVD Jon should keep this one as a little card under the sleeve, so that he can reverse engineer all he wants.
I think DVD Jon shouldn’t have come to the US, I am pretty sure what he does can be done remotely, but what the heck, he’s here already.Being here makes him more susceptible to attacks from corporations such as the MPAA.
I just don’t want DVD Jon to feel he’s walking on egg shells, I want him to keep those goodies coming, especially I want him (or somebody) to break the copy protection of Blue Ray discs.
Itsa me, Mario.