17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
To amplify the earlier NY Times report on the July 17 passage of the Krug amendment to the WIPO copyright act, which once banned encryption analysis, Reuters today says: The committee also approved an amendment allowing cryptography researchers to crack anti-piracy safeguards as part of their work. And an amendment was added allowing Internet users to disable such measures to prevent the collection of personal information. The Reuters report: http://jya.com/wipo-hit2.htm ----- Thanks to DM.