Editing Jon Lech Johansen (section)

== DeCSS prosecution ==
After Johansen released [[DeCSS]], he was taken to court in Norway for computer hacking in 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Ann |date=2002-01-10 |title=DVD hacker Johansen indicted in Norway |url=https://www.theregister.com/2002/01/10/dvd_hacker_johansen_indicted/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref> The prosecution was conducted by the [[Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime]] (''Økokrim'' in Norwegian), after a complaint by the US [[DVD Copy Control Association]] (DVD-CCA) and the [[Motion Picture Association]] (MPA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kvistad |first=Øystein |date=2000-01-25 |title=Økokrim sikter påstått DVD-sabotør |trans-title=Økokrim targets alleged DVD saboteur |url=https://www.digi.no/artikler/okokrim-sikter-pastatt-dvd-sabotor/329250 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[Digi.no]] |language=no}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |date=2003-01-07 |title=DVD-Cracking Teen Acquitted |url=https://www.wired.com/2003/01/dvd-cracking-teen-acquitted/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>  Johansen has denied writing the decryption code in DeCSS, saying that this part of the project originated from someone in Germany. He only developed the GUI component of the software. His defense was assisted by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |date=2002-12-08 |title=Hacker 'DVD Jon' Goes on Trial |url=https://www.wired.com/2002/12/hacker-dvd-jon-goes-on-trial/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2003-01-08 |title=Teen Acquitted of Hollywood Piracy Charges |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/media-jan-june03-johansen_01-08 |access-date=2024-06-23 |publisher=[[PBS]]}}</ref> The trial opened in the [[Oslo District Court]] on December 9, 2002, with Johansen pleading not guilty to charges that had a maximum penalty of two years in prison or large fines.<ref name=":2" /> The defense argued that no illegal access was obtained to anyone else's information, since Johansen owned the [[DVD]]s himself. They also argued that it is legal under Norwegian law to make copies of such data for personal use. The verdict was announced on January 7, 2003, [[acquittal|acquitting]] Johansen of all charges.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-01-07 |title=Teenager wins DVD court battle |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2635293.stm |access-date=2024-06-23 |publisher=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>

Two further levels of [[appeal]]s were available to the prosecutors, to the appeals court and then to the Supreme Court. Økokrim filed an appeal on January 20, 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leyden |first=John |date=2003-01-21 |title=Prosecutors appeal DVD Jon innocent verdict |url=https://www.theregister.com/2003/01/21/prosecutors_appeal_dvd_jon_innocent/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref> and it was reported on February 28 that the [[Borgarting Court of Appeal]] had agreed to hear the case. Johansen's second DeCSS trial began in Oslo on December 2, 2003, and resulted in an acquittal on December 22, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Libbenga |first=Jan |date=2004-01-02 |title=DVD Jon wins again |url=https://www.theregister.com/2004/01/02/dvd_jon_wins_again/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref> Økokrim announced on January 5, 2004, that it would not appeal the case to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-01-05 |title=Økokrim anker ikke frifinnelsen av DVD-Jon |trans-title=Økokrim does not appeal the acquittal of DVD-Jon |url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/rme3R/oekokrim-anker-ikke-frifinnelsen-av-dvd-jon |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[Stavanger Aftenblad]] |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-01-05 |title=Norwegian Police Won't Appeal Acquittal Of 'DVD Jon' |url=https://www.crn.com/news/security/18825164/norwegian-police-wont-appeal-acquittal-of-dvd-jon |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=[[CRN (magazine)|CRN]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>