On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 10:25:42AM -0700, Tim May wrote:
The courts will no doubt have their say, but right now the DCMA sure looks to be a ban on publication of research.
Yeah. Felten could have gone forward and almost certainly not been sued, but his co-authors were far more skittish. The DMCA inclues another exemption for reverse engineering, but let's go back to the research one, which really does seem to limit publication: `(3) FACTORS IN DETERMINING EXEMPTION- In determining whether a person qualifies for the exemption under paragraph (2), the factors to be considered shall include-- `(A) whether the information derived from the encryption research was disseminated, and if so, whether it was disseminated in a manner reasonably calculated to advance the state of knowledge or development of encryption technology, versus whether it was whether it was disseminated in a manner that facilitates infringement under this title or a violation of applicable law other than this section, including a violation of privacy or breach of security; -Declan