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HP Uses DMCA To Quash Vulnerability Publication

Posted by Hemos on from the beat-'em-down-with-a-stick dept.

Several readers wrote to note the fact that HP has evidently threatened to use the DMCA and computer crime laws against SnoSoft who have found a security flaw in Tru64. The quote from the HP VP is that the accused "could be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to five years."

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  1. Re:Apache by innerlimit · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    calling someone a nigger, kike or 'boy' and getting a slap on the wrist, to me doesn't quite compare to telling a company they a have a security flaw in one their systems, a system that claims a high level of security!

    the EU does NOT have a unified legislation against racism by the way.
    Over here I can be persecuted for denying the existence of the holocaust, NOTHING else.

    i don't have the DeCSS source, but would like to mirror it and see how long it takes for xxAA to come after me.

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    The Awful Truth
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