Comments on: Finnish court rules CSS protection used in DVDs “ineffective” http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/ Experts in Technology, Media, and Entertainment Law Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oikeuden edessä» Blog Archive » Court of Appeal overturned the CSS decision http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-92809 Oikeuden edessä» Blog Archive » Court of Appeal overturned the CSS decision Tue, 27 May 2008 02:31:00 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-92809 [...] Court of Appeal overturned the decision of Helsinki district court, which said that CSS technological protection measured used in DVDs was “ineffective”. [...] [...] Court of Appeal overturned the decision of Helsinki district court, which said that CSS technological protection measured used in DVDs was “ineffective”. [...]

]]> By: Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Legal Gymnastics: It’s Okay To Circumvent DRM In Europe If It’s Circumventable http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-24652 Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Legal Gymnastics: It’s Okay To Circumvent DRM In Europe If It’s Circumventable Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:32:44 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-24652 [...] if you could also check this out This one is going to throw the entertainment industry lawyers for a loop. Anti-circumvention clauses are some of the most controversial parts of digital copyright laws. Those rules take away certain fair use rights and often criminalize perfectly reasonable things (such as software). However, the anti-circumvention rules in Europe may just have become a lot weaker due to a fascinating interpretation of the EU directive on the topic. Boing Boing points us to the ruling that says that circumventing certain types of DRM is ok if the DRM is “ineffective.” It’s based on a strict reading of the law, which says that the law only protects “effective” DRM. So, as long as you can prove the DRM is ineffective, it’s okay to circumvent it. Of course, how do you prove that DRM is no longer effective? Perhaps by circumventing it. So, basically, you can’t try to circumvent DRM (that’s illegal!), but if you do, you’ve proven it to be ineffective, and therefore, you can circumvent it. Of course, the details in this case involve DVD DRM, which was circumvented in Norway — which is not a part of the EU. So, perhaps the DRM first needs to be circumvented outside the EU before it becomes circumventable in the EU. In the meantime, this was a low level court ruling that will almost definitely be appealed. I’m sure the entertainment industry lawyers will point out that this effectively makes the anti-circumvention directive meaningless as their defense against the ruling, and that might just work. In the meantime, enjoy the circular logic. This is also interesting information gates talks of new game control system - gamesdog.co.uk 5 June 2007 - Bill Gates has spoken of his vision to create a whole new game control systam which will allow a far more real set of movements to dictate. Wow… I love this using this nokia sees future for touch screens, move sensors (Reuters) [...] [...] if you could also check this out This one is going to throw the entertainment industry lawyers for a loop. Anti-circumvention clauses are some of the most controversial parts of digital copyright laws. Those rules take away certain fair use rights and often criminalize perfectly reasonable things (such as software). However, the anti-circumvention rules in Europe may just have become a lot weaker due to a fascinating interpretation of the EU directive on the topic. Boing Boing points us to the ruling that says that circumventing certain types of DRM is ok if the DRM is “ineffective.” It’s based on a strict reading of the law, which says that the law only protects “effective” DRM. So, as long as you can prove the DRM is ineffective, it’s okay to circumvent it. Of course, how do you prove that DRM is no longer effective? Perhaps by circumventing it. So, basically, you can’t try to circumvent DRM (that’s illegal!), but if you do, you’ve proven it to be ineffective, and therefore, you can circumvent it. Of course, the details in this case involve DVD DRM, which was circumvented in Norway — which is not a part of the EU. So, perhaps the DRM first needs to be circumvented outside the EU before it becomes circumventable in the EU. In the meantime, this was a low level court ruling that will almost definitely be appealed. I’m sure the entertainment industry lawyers will point out that this effectively makes the anti-circumvention directive meaningless as their defense against the ruling, and that might just work. In the meantime, enjoy the circular logic. This is also interesting information gates talks of new game control system – gamesdog.co.uk 5 June 2007 – Bill Gates has spoken of his vision to create a whole new game control systam which will allow a far more real set of movements to dictate. Wow… I love this using this nokia sees future for touch screens, move sensors (Reuters) [...]

]]> By: KUNSTFREIHEIT.CH http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-20572 KUNSTFREIHEIT.CH Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:12:47 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-20572 <strong>Finnish court rules CSS protection used in DVDs “ineffective”...</strong> Das Urheberrecht in den meisten Europäischen Ländern, und bald auch in der Schweiz, verbietet es, effektive Kopierschutztechnologien zu umgehen. Die schweizer Regelung ist hier noch relativ liberal, in dem sie die Umgehung für legale Zwecke (etwa: P... Finnish court rules CSS protection used in DVDs “ineffective”…

Das Urheberrecht in den meisten Europäischen Ländern, und bald auch in der Schweiz, verbietet es, effektive Kopierschutztechnologien zu umgehen. Die schweizer Regelung ist hier noch relativ liberal, in dem sie die Umgehung für legale Zwecke (etwa: P…

]]> By: Andrea Vascellari’s Blog » CSS Ineffective in Finland, but what’s next? http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-17473 Andrea Vascellari’s Blog » CSS Ineffective in Finland, but what’s next? Thu, 31 May 2007 11:37:15 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-17473 [...] According to what the Helsinki District Court ruled, Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is “ineffective”. [...] [...] According to what the Helsinki District Court ruled, Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is “ineffective”. [...]

]]> By: Shiny Shiny http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-17188 Shiny Shiny Wed, 30 May 2007 06:24:41 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-17188 <strong>Finn courts say: breaking DRM A-OK (for a surprising reason)...</strong> Somewhat hilarious news from Finland: it's legal to break DVD DRM there because their law only protects "effective" DRM, and "since a Norwegian hacker succeeded in circumventing CSS protection used in DVDs in 1999, end-users have been able to get... Finn courts say: breaking DRM A-OK (for a surprising reason)…

Somewhat hilarious news from Finland: it’s legal to break DVD DRM there because their law only protects “effective” DRM, and “since a Norwegian hacker succeeded in circumventing CSS protection used in DVDs in 1999, end-users have been able to get…

]]> By: Sue’s Place - Controlled chaos » Thrown out of court http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-17120 Sue’s Place - Controlled chaos » Thrown out of court Tue, 29 May 2007 21:37:40 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-17120 [...] Thrown out of court By Sue A Finnish court ruling is prompting questions over the wording of a European copyright directive that prohibits publishing information that could enable illegal DVD copying. On Friday, Helsinki District Court judges threw out a case against two men charged with violating copyright law for distributing code that broke the copy-protection technology on DVDs. They wrote code and programs that allow for the decryption of CSS [content scrambling system], a form of DRM [digital rights management] which is used to prevent illegal copying. See the coder’s blog for more. The implications of the ruling are enormous for EU law. The reason for throwing out the suit? But on Friday, the court dismissed the cases, determining that CSS is “ineffective” and does not “achieves the protection objective” as stated by law. This entry is filed under sci-tech, computers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply [...] [...] Thrown out of court By Sue A Finnish court ruling is prompting questions over the wording of a European copyright directive that prohibits publishing information that could enable illegal DVD copying. On Friday, Helsinki District Court judges threw out a case against two men charged with violating copyright law for distributing code that broke the copy-protection technology on DVDs. They wrote code and programs that allow for the decryption of CSS [content scrambling system], a form of DRM [digital rights management] which is used to prevent illegal copying. See the coder’s blog for more. The implications of the ruling are enormous for EU law. The reason for throwing out the suit? But on Friday, the court dismissed the cases, determining that CSS is “ineffective” and does not “achieves the protection objective” as stated by law. This entry is filed under sci-tech, computers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply [...]

]]> By: » Finnland: DVD-Kopierschutz wirkungslos http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-17037 » Finnland: DVD-Kopierschutz wirkungslos Tue, 29 May 2007 15:55:53 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-17037 [...] Das Bezirksgericht Helsinki hat den Kopierschutz CSS (Content Scrambling System) für wirkungslos “im Sinne des Urheberrechtsgesetzes” erklärt. Durch dieses Urteil ist CSS jetzt kein wirkungsvoller Kopierschutz mehr. Darum ist das Umgehen dieses Kopierschutzes in Finnland nicht mehr verboten. Das Gericht stützt sich auf die Ansicht von Experten, wie die Pressemitteilung zeigt. Dazu das Gericht: “Seitdem es 1999 einem norwegischen Hacker gelungen ist, den auf DVDs eingesetzten CSS-Schutz zu umgehen, sind Endanwender in der Lage, mit Leichtigkeit vergleichbare Software aus dem Internet herunterzuladen, sogar kostenlos. […] Bei einigen Betriebssystemen wird diese Software sogar gleich mit installiert. […] Daher kann CSS nicht mehr länger als ‘wirksam’ im Sinne des Gesetzes gelten.” [...] [...] Das Bezirksgericht Helsinki hat den Kopierschutz CSS (Content Scrambling System) für wirkungslos “im Sinne des Urheberrechtsgesetzes” erklärt. Durch dieses Urteil ist CSS jetzt kein wirkungsvoller Kopierschutz mehr. Darum ist das Umgehen dieses Kopierschutzes in Finnland nicht mehr verboten. Das Gericht stützt sich auf die Ansicht von Experten, wie die Pressemitteilung zeigt. Dazu das Gericht: “Seitdem es 1999 einem norwegischen Hacker gelungen ist, den auf DVDs eingesetzten CSS-Schutz zu umgehen, sind Endanwender in der Lage, mit Leichtigkeit vergleichbare Software aus dem Internet herunterzuladen, sogar kostenlos. […] Bei einigen Betriebssystemen wird diese Software sogar gleich mit installiert. […] Daher kann CSS nicht mehr länger als ‘wirksam’ im Sinne des Gesetzes gelten.” [...]

]]> By: TheXBlog » Blog Archiv » Gericht erklärt DVD-Kopierschutz für wirkungslos http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-17036 TheXBlog » Blog Archiv » Gericht erklärt DVD-Kopierschutz für wirkungslos Tue, 29 May 2007 15:23:12 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-17036 [...] Durch die Umsetzung der EU-Urheberrechtsrichtline von 2001 in finnisches Recht wurde, wie auch in allen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die Umgehung von Kopierschutzmaßnahmen für digitale Werke verboten und unter Strafe gestellt. Das Verbot wurde allerdings durch die Richtlinie und ebenso im finnischen Gesetzestext mit einer Einschränkung versehen: Nur solche "technischen Schutzmaßnahmen" sind geschützt, die "wirksam" sind, um ihr Ziel – Kopieren verhindern oder Zugang kontrollieren – auch zu erreichen. Über die Auslegung dieser Bestimmung herrscht seit der Verabschiedung der Richtlinie wegen ihrer Unklarheit Streit unter Juristen und Laien. Durch das Urteil aus Finnland wurde diese Frage jetzt erstmals vor Gericht geklärt. [...] [...] Durch die Umsetzung der EU-Urheberrechtsrichtline von 2001 in finnisches Recht wurde, wie auch in allen anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die Umgehung von Kopierschutzmaßnahmen für digitale Werke verboten und unter Strafe gestellt. Das Verbot wurde allerdings durch die Richtlinie und ebenso im finnischen Gesetzestext mit einer Einschränkung versehen: Nur solche "technischen Schutzmaßnahmen" sind geschützt, die "wirksam" sind, um ihr Ziel – Kopieren verhindern oder Zugang kontrollieren – auch zu erreichen. Über die Auslegung dieser Bestimmung herrscht seit der Verabschiedung der Richtlinie wegen ihrer Unklarheit Streit unter Juristen und Laien. Durch das Urteil aus Finnland wurde diese Frage jetzt erstmals vor Gericht geklärt. [...]

]]> By: Is it okay to circumvent DRM in Europe? « digital entertainment piracy http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-16993 Is it okay to circumvent DRM in Europe? « digital entertainment piracy Tue, 29 May 2007 10:59:27 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-16993 [...] Is it okay to circumvent DRM in Europe? A Finnish court has ruled that a defendent was innocent of infringing copyright by cracking CSS and publishing code to do so. The defendent’s blog tells the story which is retold elsewhere with an overview of the potential circularity of the logci and with the catchy headline - Legal Gymnastics: It’s okay to circumvent drm in europe if its circumventable. It remains to be seen what impact this decision will have outside of Finland. Explore posts in the same categories: Finland, Legal and policy, Copyright, DRM, Europe, DVD [...] [...] Is it okay to circumvent DRM in Europe? A Finnish court has ruled that a defendent was innocent of infringing copyright by cracking CSS and publishing code to do so. The defendent’s blog tells the story which is retold elsewhere with an overview of the potential circularity of the logci and with the catchy headline – Legal Gymnastics: It’s okay to circumvent drm in europe if its circumventable. It remains to be seen what impact this decision will have outside of Finland. Explore posts in the same categories: Finland, Legal and policy, Copyright, DRM, Europe, DVD [...]

]]> By: CSS ruled "ineffective" in Finland | Server software http://www.turre.com/2007/05/finnish-court-rules-css-protection-used-in-dvds-ineffective/comment-page-1/#comment-16850 CSS ruled "ineffective" in Finland | Server software Mon, 28 May 2007 15:46:50 +0000 http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102#comment-16850 [...] Here’s a press release from Turre Legal on a recent ruling from the Helsinki District Court. In brief, the court ruled that, since the content scrambling system (CSS) mechanism used with DVDs has been to thoroughly compromised, it is no longer an “effective” protection mechanism; as a result, circumventing it is not illegal. “Defendant’s counsel Mikko Välimäki thinks the judgment can have major implications: ‘The conclusions of the court can be applied all over Europe since the word ‘effective’ comes directly from the directive’. He continues: ‘A protection measure is no longer effective, when there is widely available end-user software implementing a circumvention method.’” (Thanks to Chel van Gennip). 28 May 07 | Source link | Linux | | On Server Also: [...] [...] Here’s a press release from Turre Legal on a recent ruling from the Helsinki District Court. In brief, the court ruled that, since the content scrambling system (CSS) mechanism used with DVDs has been to thoroughly compromised, it is no longer an “effective” protection mechanism; as a result, circumventing it is not illegal. “Defendant’s counsel Mikko Välimäki thinks the judgment can have major implications: ‘The conclusions of the court can be applied all over Europe since the word ‘effective’ comes directly from the directive’. He continues: ‘A protection measure is no longer effective, when there is widely available end-user software implementing a circumvention method.’” (Thanks to Chel van Gennip). 28 May 07 | Source link | Linux | | On Server Also: [...]

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