[free-sklyarov] Security warning draws DMCA threat

Xcott Craver sacraver at EE.Princeton.EDU
Wed Jul 31 07:56:50 PDT 2002


On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Vladimir Katalov wrote:

> By Declan McCullagh
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
>
> HP's dramatic warning appears to be the first time the DMCA has been
> invoked to stifle research related to computer security. Until now,
> it's been used by copyright holders to pursue people who distribute
> computer programs that unlock copyrighted content such as DVDs or
> encrypted e-books.

	Ahem, *cough* *cough*.

	This must be a typo.  Mr. McCullagh was there at the
	Information Hiding Workshop when the Felten paper was withdrawn.
	He also mentions Dr. Felten later in the article.

	                                             -X







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