California Court of Appeal

A computer source code which describes an alternative method of decrypting copy protection on DVD's is pure "speech" protected by the First Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2001
• Published 11/01/2001

Judges

• PREMO, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco;  Hopkins & Carley, Arthur V. Plank, Allonn E. Levy, San Jose;  First Amendment Project, James R. Wheaton, David A. Greene;  Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser, Thomas E. Moore, III, Palo Alto;  Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, Cindy A. Cohn, for Defendant-Appellant., Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Redwood Shores, Jared B. Bobrow, Redwood Shores, Christopher J. Cox, Kimberly A. Schmitt, Redwood Shores, Robert G. Sugarman, New York, N.Y., Gregory S. Coleman, Houston, TX, Beth L. Lemberger, New York, for Plaintiffs-Respondents.