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title: DeCSS is legal
date: "2001-11-04T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1583
description: I'm noting that a California court ruled the distribution of DeCSS is protected speech. This preliminary decision suggests that DVD decryption code may be legally shared despite trade secret and DMCA challenges regarding copy protection.
keywords: [decss, dvd encryption, dmca, trade secrets, copy protection, free speech]
---

Preliminary indications are good. [DeCSS is legal](http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/22613.html) (so far.)