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Old 22-12-03, 07:23 AM   #1
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Thumbs up DVD-Jon wins also in the appeals court

Good news:

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...ticleID=696330

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Norway's most famous computer whiz got an early Christmas present on Monday. An appeals court in Oslo upheld Jon Lech Johansen's earlier acquittal on all counts of alleged copyright violations.

A verdict in the case, which has caught international attention, wasn't expected until early January. But the appeals court (Borgarting lagmannsrett) apparently didn't see any need to wait with its decision.

A panel of judges Monday cast aside the appeal that prosecutors had filed to a lower court decision handed down in January. That means the lower court's decision will stand, at least until another eventual appeal takes the case to Norway's supreme court.

The lower court had ruled that Johansen, now 20, did nothing illegal when he helped crack DVD copy protection codes in 1999 and then publicized how he did it. The prosecution had sought a suspended jail term, confiscation of his computer equipment and a fine of NOK 20,000 (less than USD 3,000).
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Old 22-12-03, 08:20 AM   #2
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assuming the supreme court agrees with the appeals court it couldn't be better news for johansen. the prosecutors meanwhile should turn in their degrees. after selling them to the international media monopolists they'll find they won't work very well. without a doubt the entire world's prosecutors should take a long hard look at how willing they are to undermine fundamental human rights on behalf those corporate syndicates.

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Old 23-12-03, 06:16 AM   #3
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well, no wonder he walked....look who the judge was:

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In her ruling Monday, Judge Wenche Skjeggestad said Johansen could freely copy DVDs he bought and hadn't violated laws protecting intellectual property.
somehow, Wenchie managed to infiltrate the Norwegian legal system and render the favorable verdict (no dount TG was part of the plot as well)
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Old 23-12-03, 08:38 AM   #4
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lol

judge wenche. wow, i want her at my trial!

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