> I was wondering what the legal implications would be for an Australian
> site hosting DeCSS and related doco.
I'm certainly not taking down DeCSS no matter how many notices they
serve me (well, only the original one so far). That's the risk I took
when I agreed to host a crypto site.
> Do the new Amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act have any weight
> in this matter?
I doubt it. Their case won't hold water in any reasonable country,
and Australia is fairly lenient towards reverse-engineering as is.
And it's a lot easier to duplicate DVD's *without* decrypting them :-)
Matt
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