DVD Copy Control Ass'n Inc. v. Bunner
California Court of Appeal
Richard R. Wiebe; Hopkins & Carley, Arthur V. Plank, Allonn E. Levy; First Amendment Project, James R. Wheaton, David A. Greene; Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser, Thomas E. Moore III; Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cindy A. Cohn for Defendant and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, Acting P. J.
Plaintiff DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. (DVD CCA) sued defendant Andrew Bunner (Bunner) and others under California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) (Civ. Code, § 3426 et seq.), 1 seeking an injunction to prevent defendants from using or publishing “DeCSS,” a computer program allegedly containing DVD CCA’s trade secrets.
The trial court granted DVD CCA’s request for a preliminary injunction and entered an order prohibiting defendants from posting, disclosing, or distributing DeCSS or related proprietary material. Bunner appealed. His primary argument on appeal…
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