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Re: [dvd-discuss] Bunner wins DeCSS trade secret appeal
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Bunner wins DeCSS trade secret appeal
- From: Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor(at)yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:19:33 -0800 (PST)
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- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
Hmmm.... It's not all good. It appears that the Court's reasoning is based on a
differentiation between source and object code. It based it's decision on the
source code form of DeCSS:
<quote>
If the source code were �compiled� to create object code, we would agree that
the resulting composition of zeroes and ones would not convey ideas. (See
generally Junger v. Daley, supra, 209 F.3d at pp. 482-483.) That the source
code is capable of such compilation, however, does not destroy the expressive
nature of the source code itself.
</quote>
Although, i have to ask, if the object code does not convey ideas, how can it
result in the improper disclosure of the trade secret?
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