Re: [SLUG] [OT] DeCSS.mp3

[Conrad Parker]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 07:07:22PM +1100, Angus Lees wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 12:00:21PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > You played some MP3 files at the last meeting. I think they were
> > to do with DECSS. Can you give me a web or other reference to them ?
> ...
> (the song has apparently been banned from mp3.com..)

for an insightful analysis into this, check out:

[warning: explicit language]
http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39c1178e-03e1a2a0

    When Joseph Wecker found out that MP3.com had rejected as having
    "Inappropriate content" his song DeCSS (descramble), he was
    not surprised.  "There's some seamy stuff in there," said Wecker
    in a private interview. "I mean, 'advance the pointer sec by one
    byte' and stuff. I guess I got a little wild." ...

Conrad.


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