I had suggested that a large number of crypto researchers take the proactive (or rather, prophylactic) step of informing *all* vendors of copy protection that the researchers are interested in studying the encryption used in their products. The notion of this would be that such an act by a large group would reduce the risk of retribution against individuals who participated. At 05:43 PM 7/31/2001, Alan Olsen wrote:
All they have to do is make a messy example out of one or two. (It also helps if you can get a prosecutor that is working on a promotion to help out.)
I Am Not A Lawyer, so someone more knowledgeable may correct me if I'm wrong, but... There's nothing here for a prosecutor to do. There's nothing illegal about a bona fide crypto researcher informing a vendor of an intent to study their product, which is offered to sale to the public. In fact, the researcher is complying with the legal requirements. I don't see any way the vendor could file an injunction or take other legal action simply because someone (especially one of a large number of people) announced an intent to study their product, again, as a bona fide crypto researcher, as stated in the law. Rick.