Beijing Evening News
The only 57K applet prepared by Joe John Seden not only shocked Hollywood, but also caused countless legal disputes. He created the "little magic mons", now has become the most hated of Hollywood producers.
Country teenage occasional "magic mons"
Future historians may remember such a historic moment and load it as a battle between the Internet technology culture and the wealth of the entertainment industry that is full of freelance. However, Joe Johnon did not have such a deep historical view. The 17-year-old boy who grown in the Norwegian country is a diligent postman. There are also a few youth beans on the cheeks of the cheeks. He is very tired of the prestige of ourselves in the world's "hacker brothers".
Qiao's father Boer is both a local postman and a network surf. The website of the Joimu Decss program is Borde. Boer introduced: "When Qiao was 7 years old, I had to bought a computer, because my own is always helloured by him." In the school, Qiao was recognized as a quiet, friendly. Students can speak fluent Norwegian, French, English and Polish. Qiao Jian said that he prepared this program called "Little Monster" just to watch DVD movies on his own computer, no copy and disseminate these videos. However, the US Movie Association believes that these hackers are not so attained.
Joe's reputation won the opportunity to work in the computer industry, he has dropped, started to design new procedures for a Norwegian software development company. His father Boer is still coming with this messy incident: "Maybe Hollywood will have a good price, buy my son Joe's story!" That will be a great movie!
American manufacturer is attacked
Joe John Seden Written a Decss program can copy DVD movies to your computer's hard drive. It also uploads these movies to the Internet. For Hollywood producers, DVD is the best replacement product they replace the traditional tape market. In 1999, only 64 million DVDs were sold in the United States, earning high profits for filmmakers. Once the DVD movie can spread free of charge, it can be calculated on Hollywood's hitting can be calculated from millions of dollars.
"Electronic Front Foundation" Lawyer Robin Gross This evaluation Joe: "He not only has a superb hacking technology, but also because of the courage to stand up, he is responsible for the general respect of the black world. US Producer Association wants this The child starts, but they can only support Joe to get more people. "The US Producer Association is nasal to this statement. Their attitude is: "In some parts of the world, the pirates are forcing the genuine audiovisual market to enter the desperate situation. Decss technology is a key to the piracy to attack the genuine castle."
For Hollywood producer, in California sued a Norwegian minor, the cost is too large. But they used the online spread of Decss, sued the hacker quarter "2600" and its issuer Erik Krei. In January of this year, under the support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, "2600" magazine appealed to the upper court. They pointed out that computer coding is a language and should therefore be protected by the Constitutional Amendment Speech.
At the same time, the US Producer Association finally listed Qiao to the defendant of civil cases, and they accused Joe violates the trade secret. Jialan said that this allegation is not afraid. When someone asks him if you know so much trouble, he will also post that program? Joe jeopardly replied: "Of course!" Until today, the DECSS program can still be found on hundreds of websites, and this legal struggle is still going on. (Zhu Zi)
