DVD Jon

IRL Name: 
Jon Lec Johansen
Biography: 

Released DeCSS to crack DVD's.
Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983 in Harstad, Norway), also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian (his father is Norwegian and mother is Polish) who is famous for his work on reverse engineering data formats. He is most famous for his involvement in the release of the DeCSS software, which decodes the content-scrambling system used for DVD licensing enforcement

Facts

Has also worked to defeat various DRM and encryption schemes implemented by Apple and Microsoft in their media formats.

Rumors

Jack Valenti put a $1,000,000 bounty on his head after he was found not guilty for copyright violations.

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