California Court Rejects Movie Group's Suit Against Former Purdue Student

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

The California Supreme Court ruled last month that a movie-industry group could not bring a lawsuit in the state's courts against Matthew Pavlovich, a former computer-engineering student who published online a code to unscramble encrypted DVD's.

The court's 4-to-3 decision held that California does not have jurisdiction over...

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