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DeCSS
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right|thumb|A fragment of the DeCSS code, which can be used by a computer to circumvent a DVD's copy protection.

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source code repository URL
web.cs.dal.ca/~hannon/decss.c
publication date
1999-10-06
software version identifier
1.1b
inception
1999-10-00
Commons category
DeCSS (software)
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  • Origins and history
  • Jon Lech Johansen's involvement
  • Technology and derived works
  • Legal response
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

right|thumb|A fragment of the DeCSS code, which can be used by a computer to circumvent a DVD's copy protection.

DeCSS is one of the first free computer programs capable of decrypting commercially produced DVD-Video discs. Before the release of DeCSS, free and open source operating systems (such as BSD and Linux) could not play encrypted video DVDs.

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