>From John Hoy's initial declaration:
http://cryptome.org/dvd-v-521.htm#3">http://cryptome.org/dvd-v-521.htm#3
I, JOHN J. HOY, hereby declare and state as follows:
l. I am currently employed as President of plaintiff DVD Copy Control
Association, Inc. ("DVD CCA") in the above-captioned matter. I make this
Declaration in support of plaintiff's application for a temporary restraining
order and for a preliminary iniunction.
2. I have been President of DVD CCA since October 1, 1999. Before holding
such position, I was employed by the United States subsidiary of Toshiba
Corporation ("Toshiba"), Toshiba America, Inc. ("TAI"), as well as by one
of TAI's subsidiaries, as Director of Digital Video Disc ("DVD") Marketing
and Director of Strategic Alliances. Toshiba is one of the developers of
the proprietary Contents Scramble System ("CSS") at issue in DVD CCA's
application.
3. I have been intimately involved in DVD encryption matters -- during my
employment with DVD CCA and before then when I was employed by TAI and its
subsidiary -- since CSS was invented in July 1996. I have been involved in
innumerable meetings among motion picture, computer, and consumer electronic
companies concerning the adoption of the DVD video format and the development
of, and licensing of, the proprietary technology designed to protect the
motion picture companies' copyrighted content on DVD videos.
4. I have been involved in all major drafting and negotiation initiatives
concerning DVD adoption and related copy protection issues. Specifically,
I have been involved in the drafting and negotiation of the CSS Agreement,
discussed further below, and have been involved in all aspects of the
implementation and protection of the CSS technology, which is at issue in
the instant application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunctive relief.