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Jon Johansen quotes

Norwegian Celebrity November 18, 1983

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Jon Johansen quote: "I've probably bought ten CDs in my whole life."
I've probably bought ten CDs in my whole life. Jon Johansen
I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I..."
I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I wanted to play it. Jon Johansen
I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened. Jon Johansen
I'm 16 now, I was 15 when it happened... and the encryption code wasn't in fact written by me, but written by the German member. There seems to be a bit of confusion about that part. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the..."
Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything..."
Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit by bit with the right equipment. Jon Johansen
Well, the biggest Norwegian newspaper regarded this as an arrest, since they hadn't told us that they were coming and they brought me in. So the biggest Norwegian newspaper looked upon that as an arrest. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "So DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating and had..."
So DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating and had already been available. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit..."
All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from..."
Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks..."
I don't have the identity of any of them. I only had the nicks that they used on Internet Relay Chat. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I..."
Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "I don't like closed systems."
I don't like closed systems. Jon Johansen
Jon Johansen quote: "We knew that they would probably go after someone."
We knew that they would probably go after someone. Jon Johansen

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