RE: [Nolug] Fwd: [IPG] Now the Shift Key is a DCMA Target

What exactly are you asking us to write our Congressmen about?
The DMCA?
The freedom of speech for Halderman?
That programming for Microsoft is immediately flawed by concept?
That MediaMax CD3 is not what its advertised to be?
That Linux users don't seem to be included in production OSs?

Not trying to nit pick, but after reading the stories you linked to, all I
can see is that SunnComm is being a cry baby whiney butt.
I mean really, if a documented (lets call it a hack) can disable the
installation of your security measures, wouldn't you write a translation or
decode procedure that will look to see if your security measure was indeed
functioning?

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From: owner-nolug@joeykelly.net [mailto:owner-nolug@joeykelly.net]On
Behalf Of Dustin Puryear
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 09:33 AM
To: general@brlug.net; nolug@joeykelly.net
Subject: [Nolug] Fwd: [IPG] Now the Shift Key is a DCMA Target

Okay, this is getting stupid. I have called and written both Senators and
our Congressmen about this in the past. I suggest everyone do it again.
This thing is going to stay on the books as long as we don't whine enough
about it to the right people. It's that simple.

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33322.html
>SunnComm to sue 'Shift key' student for $10m
>By Tony Smith
>Posted: 09/10/2003 at 20:47 GMT
>
>
>SunnComm has threatened Princeton PhD student Alex Halderman with the
>Digital
>Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for exposing a key weakness in the
company's
>
>latest CD copy protection technology, MediaMax CD3.
>
>The company said today it will take legal action against Halderman for
>revealing how MediaMax CD3 can be bypassed by holding down a Windows PC's
>Shift key when a protected disc is inserted.
>
>
><more>

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