Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer who has worked on reverse engineering data formats. He wrote the DeCSS software, which decodes the Content Scramble System used for DVD licensing enforcement. Wikipedia
Born: 1983 (age 40 years), Harstad Municipality, Norway
Organization founded: doubleTwist
Movies: Info Wars
Software: DeCSS, QTFairUse
Co-founder/CEO at doubleTwist, aka DVD-Jon. Living in Austin, TX. 15 posts. 1,839 followers. 128 following. Photo by Jon Lech Johansen on January 28, 2019.
May 12, 2022 · TIL about Jon Lech Johansen, a self-trained software engineer who created software that decoded DVD copy protection.
Dec 5, 2013 · After an embattled first few years as a hacker, the founder of doubleTwist now espouses the joy of earning an honest paycheck.
2002 – The trial of Jon Lech Johansen, better known as “DVD Jon,” begins with Johansen pleading not guilty. DVD Jon has been a pioneer in “Reverse engineering”.