By Lauren Gelman on May 30, 2003 at 12:26 pm
The CA Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in DVD-CCA v. Bunner, an appeal from an Appeals Court decision overturning a lower court's injunction against publication of the DeCSS software, based on the publisher's First Amendment rights.
DVD-CCA, the organization that licenses DVD technology for Hollywood movie studios, originally filed the lawsuit in December 1999 and obtained a lower court injunction in January 2000 against defendant Andrew Bunner for publishing DeCSS software that decrypts DVDs. When an appeals panel overruled the lower court injunction last November, DVD-CCA then appealed to the California Supreme Court to challenge the appeals panel ruling.
The CIS Cyberlaw Clinic submitted an amicus brief in support of Bunner, on behalf of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. All the case documents can be fount on EFF's website.
CIS attorney Lauren Gelman discussed the case on NPR's morning edition on Thursday May 29th.
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