Software as Protest
The Unexpected Resiliency of U.S.-Based DeCSS Posting and Linking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11373229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristin R Eschenfelder (0000-0003-4033-9837, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), Anuj C Desai (0000-0001-7956-3129, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101-116 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Information Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0197-2243 • E-ISSN: 1087-6537 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01972240490422987 |
| OpenAlex | W3126018317 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
This research tracked web sites posting or linking to software known as DeCSS over a 26-month period coinciding with a U.S. lawsuit that found posting and linking to the DeCSS software to be illegal. Results showed a decrease in the number of web pages posting the DeCSS software, and a decrease in the number of web pages linking to DeCSS. Seven web sites retained their DeCSS posting for the entire 26-month study period. An increasing number of sites posted nonexecutable forms of DeCSS, and results show a large percentage of web sites contained political speech. The persistence of DeCSS linking and posting was surprising given the prohibition on linking and posting within the United States and given the obsolescence of DeCSS as a DVD decrypter. We suggest that DeCSS linking and posting persists primarily as a political symbol of protest
Advertising · Art · Business · Internet privacy · Lawsuit · Obsolescence · Period (music · Persistence (discontinuity · Political science · Politics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Social Media and Politics · Web Data Mining and Analysis · Web visibility and informetrics · Marketing · Software
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |