DeCSS

March 5, 2008 – 8:32 pm

DeCSS is a program that is able to decrypt a DVD that had been encrypted using CSS (Content Scrambling System).

The program was first released in October of 1999 and was similar to the later HD-DVD controversy as it provided a way for people to bypass the copy protection on a DVD>

The DCMA lawsuits that followed caused the software to become more popular and more sophisticated.

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