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Eric Gorden Corley is a member of the computer '', which Corley founded in 1984 . In 1999 Corley was named as a defendant in '' Universal V. Reimerdes ,'' the movie industry's attempt to squelch DeCSS . DeCSS is a program designed to allow Linux users to watch DVD s on their computers, and 2600.com had provided Links to websites which contained the DeCSS Code . Corley was the only defendant who chose to fight the industry in court. In his controversial ruling against Corley, United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan described 2600 magazine as follows: "''2600: The Hacker Quarterly'' has included articles on such topics as how to steal an Internet ." In 1999 , Corley released the full length documentary '' Freedom Downtime '', which he wrote, directed and produced, about convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick and the Free Kevin Movement , among other things. He is currently in the process of filming his latest documentary, '' Speakers' World ''. Furthermore, he was creative advisor to the movie '' Hackers ''. He was arrested on August 31 , 2004 in New York City , while trying to videotape a demonstration against the Republican National Convention . After being detained for more than 30 hours, he was charged with Disorderly Conduct . At a hearing on November 29 , 2004 , the city dropped all charges against Corley. Eric Corley currently lives in Middle Island, New York on Long Island . He also hosts the radio show '' Off The Hook '' on WBAI , and is concerned with legal matters related to Social Engineering and other issues affecting the hacker world. He has recently resurrected his old radio show Brain Damage (under the name '' Off The Wall '') on the State University Of New York At Stony Brook 's WUSB . No stranger to the film world, Corley will be featured as The Outside Man in the upcoming film ''Urchin'' {Link without Title} due to be released in February 2006. REFERENCES
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