Farewell, Stevens: the Supreme Court loses its cryptographer

He helped save the VCR and limit software patents, and he had a background in cryptography. As John Paul Stevens steps down from the Supreme Court, we review his tech policy record and pay tribute to the court's strongest defender of high-tech freedom.

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[nimro]

Great read, interesting how much power the courts in the USA seem to have over the law. I'm not sure how it works here in Britannia!

Just to let you know, that should be septuagenarian not septuagenerian in the second last paragraph