In 2002 a Norwegian teenager broke the copy protection on DVDs sparking a flurry of legal action and attempts by the film industry to put the genie back into the bottle.
Seven years on and Jon Lech Johansen, known more widely as DVD Jon, is the co-founder of a San Francisco start-up helping to simplify portable multimedia.
"This is a continuation of what I have always been doing," says Mr Johansen of his venture doubleTwist.
An application for PCs and Macs, it is designed to take the pain out of moving different types of content between devices.
A sort of "iTunes on steroids", it allows the user to plug in a number of different devices and then drag and drop music, video and photos to the gadget and not be concerned if the file type is supported.
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Seven years on and Jon Lech Johansen, known more widely as DVD Jon, is the co-founder of a San Francisco start-up helping to simplify portable multimedia.
"This is a continuation of what I have always been doing," says Mr Johansen of his venture doubleTwist.
An application for PCs and Macs, it is designed to take the pain out of moving different types of content between devices.
A sort of "iTunes on steroids", it allows the user to plug in a number of different devices and then drag and drop music, video and photos to the gadget and not be concerned if the file type is supported.
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