[ale] [OT] DMCA and the gnashing of teeth

[David S. Jackson]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 10:55:04PM +0900 Keith Hopkins <hne at hopnet.net> wrote:
> Open-source guru backs off tech demo
> By Lisa M. Bowman Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 26, 2002, 1:45 PM PT
> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-946667.html
> Bruce Perens, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, says he will not publicize details about how to circumvent the controls on a DVD player.
> 
> Security warning draws DMCA threat
> By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 30, 2002, 4:48 PM PT
> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947325.html
> Hewlett-Packard targets researchers for discussing a software vulnerability in what appears to be the first attempt to expand controversial copy protection law to security flaws.

If Kafka were still alive, he'd probably entitle one of his novels,
_Death of the White Hats_.  Come to think of it, that sounds like a
great subject for another off topic thread!  What would Kafka entitle a
novel about the DMCA?

Or maybe that's really what _The Trial_ was really all about?  :-)


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David S. Jackson                        dsj at dsj.net
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