ANOTHER LOSS FOR BIG MEDIA:

Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, has been acquitted of charges over his development and distribution of DeCSS, a program that can be used to break the digital copy-protection mechanism of DVDs, his attorney said Tuesday.

The court found that Johansen was entitled to access information on a DVD that he had purchased, and was therefore entitled to use his program to break the code, attorney Halvor Manshaus said Tuesday.

Amazingly sensible. Jack Valenti must be furious.

UPDATE: Reader Jacob Corre sends this link to a gallery of descramblers presented in various ways. Including a guy singing.