June 16, 2000

EFF Asks Court to Lift Injunction on Speech

On June 14, EFF's DVD Defense Team filed a brief in support of its request to lift the injunction against media site 2600.com for posting DeCSS. The Defense also opposed the movie studio's request to
expand the injunction to ban linking to Web sites that post the computer code that enables people to play DVDs on unsanctioned players.

"Despite months of investigation and the continued presence and visibility of DeCSS on the Internet, [the studios] have not discovered a single instance of piracy or copying related to DeCSS," EFF's lead
litigator in NY, Martin Garbus, stated in the brief.  Federal District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan is expected to rule on the issue as early as next week.

EFF's Reply Brief to Vacate the Preliminary Injunction:
 http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-rb2.htm

Transcripts of MPAA Depositions Now Available:
Jack Valenti, MPAA President:
 http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-jvd.htm

Kenneth Jacobsen, MPAA Technology Expert:
 http://mpaa-v-2600-kj1.htm
 http://mpaa-v-2600-kj2dhtm

Transcript of June 6 Hearing on MPAA Motion to Bar Press:
 http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-pot.htm

Transcript of June 8 Hearing on Discovery Dispute:
 http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-dht.htm

EFF's DVD Archives:
http://www.eff.org/pub/IP/MPAA_DVD_cases/
http://www.eff.org/pub/IP/DVD/

DVD PRESS COVERAGE:
"Is Linking Illegal?" By Carl S. Kaplan NY TIMES
"Judge Denies Studios' Bid to Keep Testimony Off the Web" By Mike Godwin