Hacker Publication Gets Top Defense Attorney
L. Taylor - April 13, 2000

Event Summary

The infamous hacker publication known as 2600, is being sued in Federal Court by eight major motion picture corporations. Defended by renowned attorney Marcus Garbus, 2600, and its assumed editor 'Emmanuel Goldstein,' 2600 is being charged with 'circumvention of copyright protection systems' - for publishing how to circumvent the Contents Scramble Systems (CSS). CSS protects Digital Video Discs (DVDs) from unauthorized access and copying. 2600 posted a program that can decrypt CSS called DeCSS on www.krackdown.com. DeCSS has since been removed from www.krackdown.com...