Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. DeCSS is a computer program capable of decrypting content on a commercially produced DVD video disc. Before the release of DeCSS, there was no way for computers running the GNU/Linux operating system to play video DVDs. DeCSS was developed without a license from the DVD CCA, the organization responsible for DVD copy protection — namely, the Content-Scrambling System (CSS) used by commercial DVD publishers. The release of DeCSS resulted in a Norway criminal trial — and acquittal — of one of the authors of DeCSS; and the DVD CCA launched numerous lawsuits in the United States in an effort to stop the distribution of the software.

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