If I made a facemask with that printed on it (as a QR code or whatever) would google stop trying to identify my face? Or would that paint a huge red target on my face?
Some HN'ers might be too young to remember the DeCSS [0] saga and, in particular, the t-shirts.
The EFF, who successfully represented two defendants accused of publishing the DeCSS source code in the two main cases, has the details [1]:
> In Bunner, the [ DVD Copy Control Association ] summarily dismissed its claims after the California Supreme Court ruled that computer programs could be preliminarily restrained from publication only in very narrow circumstances. The California Court of Appeals ruled that those circumstances were not met in Mr. Bunner's case because the program was not a trade secret at the time it was published, but instead was widely available around the world.
> In Pavlovich, the California Supreme Court ruled that Matthew Pavlovich, a Texas resident who published DeCSS on the Internet, could not be forced to stand trial in California. The landmark decision laid out clear jurisdiction rules for claims arising from publishing information on the Internet. DVD CCA's attempt to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the decision was also rejected.
Additionally, the one known author of DeCSS was acquitted in a criminal trial in Norway.
The EFF, who successfully represented two defendants accused of publishing the DeCSS source code in the two main cases, has the details [1]:
> In Bunner, the [ DVD Copy Control Association ] summarily dismissed its claims after the California Supreme Court ruled that computer programs could be preliminarily restrained from publication only in very narrow circumstances. The California Court of Appeals ruled that those circumstances were not met in Mr. Bunner's case because the program was not a trade secret at the time it was published, but instead was widely available around the world.
> In Pavlovich, the California Supreme Court ruled that Matthew Pavlovich, a Texas resident who published DeCSS on the Internet, could not be forced to stand trial in California. The landmark decision laid out clear jurisdiction rules for claims arising from publishing information on the Internet. DVD CCA's attempt to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the decision was also rejected.
Additionally, the one known author of DeCSS was acquitted in a criminal trial in Norway.
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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS
[1]: https://www.eff.org/cases/dvdcca-v-bunner-and-dvdcca-v-pavlo...
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EDIT: See also "AACS encryption key controversy" and the "free speech flag": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controvers...