[NTLUG:Discuss] Let Freedom Ring! DeCSS code is speech! ...well, almost.

[Chris Cox]

"J. Jentink" wrote:
> 
> Chris Cox said....
> >
> > Wow... what a nice way to end the day!!
> >    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/01/1953236
> >
> > Linux is free. Life is good.
> > DeCSS is speech.  If only there were some good DVDs.
> >
> 
> I think the article actually said that DeCSS _source_ code is
> considered speech but they considered this very different from
> _compiled_ code. So, close but no cigar.
> 
> This is like the law allowing you to write a book about how to make
> drugs but if you try to use the book it is illegal... and especially
> annoying, if you are caught. This would mean that even directly
> interpetting the free speech, source code via an interpretter might
> still be illegal.
> 
> j.

I disagree.  Distribution (trafficing) the binary maybe.