Anticircumvention Laws Seen as Threat to Science

Scott_Marks writes: "Science magazine has a review by Pamela Samuelson on the effect of anticircumvention rules on the pursuit of scientific knowledge. The abstract: 'Scientists who study encryption or computer security or otherwise reverse engineer technical measures, who make tools enabling them to do this work, and who report the results of their research face new risks of legal liability because of recently adopted rules prohibiting the circumvention of technical measures and manufacture or distribution of circumvention tools. Because all data in digital form can be technically protected, the impact of these rules goes far beyond encryption and computer security research. The scientific community must recognize the harms these rules pose and provide guidance about how to improve the anticircumvention rules.'"

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Hmm

[AntiFreeze]

I see these laws as a threat to anyone who thinks "Hmm, I wonder how that works."

Scientists, hobbyists, you name it: everyone is effected by these laws.

All that I can say is what hundreds of people have already said: write your congressmen and senators! Do NOT let these laws pass.