Jon Lech Johansen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Anyone with a little computer experience knows that anything can be copied bit by bit with the right equipment.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Littles #Computer #Equipment
I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Engineering #Years #Apples
So DeCSS didn't introduce anything new for pirating and had already been available.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Introducing
I've probably bought ten CDs in my whole life.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Cds #Whole Life
I was fed up with not being able to play a movie the way I wanted to play it.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Play #Able #Way
I don't like closed systems.
-- Jon Lech Johansen
Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Law #Use #Company
Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Engineering #Community #Failing
Basically, if I have no intention of using a service then I won't bother reverse-engineering it.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Engineering #Intention #Bother
I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.
-- Jon Lech Johansen

#Jobs #Hands #Stuff

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