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DeCSS haiku
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<p>DeCSS haiku is a 465-<a href="/facts/Stanza/8I6qWrF4">stanza</a> <a href="/facts/Haiku/Hbmc82Ng">haiku</a> poem written in 2001 by American <a href="/facts/Hacker_(programmer_subculture)/8ww6P79y">hacker</a> <a href="/facts/Seth_Schoen/mugHBds8">Seth Schoen</a> as part of the protest action regarding the prosecution of Norwegian programmer <a href="/facts/Jon_Lech_Johansen/0NRkpF99">Jon Lech Johansen</a> for co-creating the <a href="/facts/DeCSS/cUtLDxz2">DeCSS</a> software. The poem, written in the spirit of <a href="/facts/Civil_disobedience/jaNFkCLY">civil disobedience</a> against the <a href="/facts/DVD_Copy_Control_Association/FWpSYFxD">DVD Copy Control Association</a>, argues that "code is speech." </p>