On Friday, the Helsinki District Court threw out a case against two men charged with violating Finland's copyright laws. According
to PC World, the court ruled that CSS is
"ineffective" as a form of DRM.
He, as well as another man, were charged in February. But on Friday, the court dismissed the
cases, determining that CSS is "ineffective" and does not "achieves the protection objective" as stated by law.
The court heard
from two technical experts, one for the prosecutor and one for the defense, who testified the CSS copy protection technology does little
to stop consumers from copying DVDs due to an abundance of programs and decryption tools. CSS was cracked just a few years after its
release by three hackers, including a 16-year-old Norwegian.
While this decision could make DVD copying legal, at least in
Finland, it will probably have a larger effect on AACS. The way things are going, this new DRM could be declared "ineffective" as well.
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