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would proprietary companies that get broken into so forthcoming? Should they be?

Yes, they are already required to

BTW, have we ever seen a satisfying explanation for what happened at kernel.org and linuxfoundation.org? We were initially told that it was something similar (stolen password/compromised user system), but AFAICT they have never explained how that could lead to the servers being root'ed. A rootkit *was* installed. That requires careless use of root privileges or an exploit of a privilege escalation vulnerability. Which was it?

And so, when Microsoft gets raped by a bunch of hackers you think they are going to let the public know?
No, they are going to keep it under wraps.

No, they are *not* going to keep it under wraps, at least not if the break-in puts its users or customers at risk.

The reason is simple: Microsoft is required by law to disclose any such breach. The penalties for "keeping it under wraps" are severe and could include paying restitution/punitive damages to each individual customers/user.

But don't let such minor detail stand in the way of spewing your MHD all over slashdot.

But doesn't ChaosMonkey concentrate on trying to break content delivery rather than security breaches?

After all Netflix record isn't exactly stellar on privacy issues.

If you cannot consume the media without a copy of it being made (e.g., in the memory of the player),

Transitory "copies" do not violate copyright. There's case law behind that. See here, for a bit of info.

Beyond that, I'd argue that any "copying" necessary to reproduce the work as it is obviously intended to be rendered (i.e. audio and/or video playback) would be "fair use," as the work would be useless otherwise.

Citation necessary. Copies necessary for use of a digital medium are given an explicit exemption from copyright protection. And there is a requirement that the copy be stored for longer than the period necessary to view it. Which means that you're definitely off the hook for RAM or even HDD buffers necessary for streamed video. Providing you're authorized to view the stream in the first place.

New media Law has more specific information.

"The law requires that a person or agency that owns or licenses personal information about a resident of the commonwealth notify the attorney general, the director of consumer affairs and business regulation, and the affected resident if it "knows or has reason to know of a breach of security"

William M. Hart, one of the lead lawyers in the DVD CCA and MPAA lawsuits, was one of the Scientology cult's paid henchmen in several cases. Defendants included Grady Ward of Arcata, California (sued for publicly taunting the cult on alt.religion.scientology), Keith Henson of Palo Alto (sued for publicizing secret cult scripture that amounted to a criminal instruction manual for the unauthorized practice of medicine), and Zenon Panoussis of Sweden, sued for posting the cult's secret scripture about murdered space aliens to alt.religion.scientology.

At the time, Hart was with the law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker. He's apparently moved since then to Proskauer, Rose. But he's still a whore for anyone with money and a secret they want suppressed. (picture)

Here's a quote from the deposition of David Miscavige, supreme leader of the cult, by defendants Ward and Henson. DM = David Miscavige; GW = Grady Ward.

"DM: Just so we have a record here and I don't care to engage in argument and I'd like the record to reflect that we've probably both been quite cordial with each other. But in reference to that, as Mr. Ward states, he has no idea what I'm referring to, the reason I was lead to believe that he would know about this is because Mr. Ward - I have seen postings from him, describing the various sexual acts that he has me engaged with various male members of the Scientology Religion, attorneys and so forth. And again, I won't state here what that is, but he has already been ruled to be disgusting by the judge.

"Mr. Hart: and let the record reflect that both Mr. Henson and Mr. Ward are snickering

GW: Let the record that William M. Hart is not well shaved and he looks like a ruffian and is causing a disruption of the deposition."