Directory of DVD Encryption Resources

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This category is for sites on the DVD encryption system, which is called the "Content Scrambling System" (CSS) to prevent the unauthorized duplication of DVD contents.

The release of a simple program called DeCSS allows users to store and view DVDs from a computer hard drive, and has resulted in a storm of legal action and controversy on to what extent consumers should have rights to control media they purchase.

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Resources in This Category

• 42 Ways to Distribute DeCSS

  http://decss.zoy.org/
  42 funny ways to distribute the famous DVD descrambler, including Quake, HTTP cookies, MPEG movies and DNS queries.

• California DeCSS case

  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/01/1953236
  Offers links to documents in California DeCSS case.

• Cryptanalysis of Contents Scrambling System

  http://www.insecure.org/news/cryptanalysis_of_contents_scrambling_system.htm
  A paper which shows that CSS encryption has weaknesses which make it rapidly breakable even without knowledge of any hardware keys, and describes algorithms to do so.

• DeCSS Central: HAL2001 Speech

  http://www.lemuria.org/DeCSS/
  Cogent presentation about the history of CSS and DeCSS and the issues involved.

• DeCSS for Linux and DVD

  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/
  Information about and links to various encryption and decryption tools for educational and research purposes.

• DeCSS/2600 Court of Appeals Decision

  http://www.2600.com/news/112801-files/universal.html
  Text of the decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the judgement against 2600 in the DeCSS linking case.

• Gallery of CSS Descramblers

  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/
  If DeCSS code is illegal in the USA, but text is protected, where do you draw the line? A gallery of exhibits of the descrambling algorithm from code through plain English to graphic images.

• In Defense of Free Speech on the Internet

  http://www.gilc.org/speech/DVD-CSS.html
  The Global Internet Liberty Campaign member statement opposing the efforts by the DVD-CAA to censor websites worldwide. Signed by more than fifty global civil liberties organizations.

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