SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony'

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SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony'

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday October 9, 2003 @10:56AM from the same-shift-not-different-dmca dept.

The Importance of writes "A couple of weeks ago BMG released an audio CD with a new type of DRM. Earlier this week, a computer science graduate student at Princeton wrote a report showing the DRM was ineffective - it could easily be defeated by use of the 'shift' key. The stock of the DRM company (SunnComm) has since fallen by 20%. Now, SunnComm plans to sue the student under the DMCA and claim that SunnComm's reputation has been falsely damaged. According to SunnComm's CEO, 'No matter what their credentials or rationale, it is wrong to use one's knowledge and the cover of academia to facilitate piracy and theft of digital property.'"

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SunnComm == ZomboCom ? by jamie · 2003-10-09 10:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I think these two websites were separated at birth:
http://www.sunncomm.com/index2.html
http://www.zombo.com/
Ever get that by Mr+Guy · 2003-10-09 10:58 · Score: 5, Funny

April fools in October feeling? Slashdot poll: Initial reaction to SunnComm's suit: 1) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 2) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 3) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 4) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 5) Cowbody Neal has got to be fucking kidding me?!

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1. Re:Ever get that by Tackhead · 2003-10-09 11:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  > [Ever get that] April fools in October feeling? Slashdot poll: Initial reaction to SunnComm's suit: 1) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 2) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 3) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 4) You've got to be fucking kidding me? 5) Cowbody Neal has got to be fucking kidding me?!
  1) What the fuck?
  2) What the fucking fuck?
  3) What the fucking fuck fuck?
  4) Cowboy Neal doesn't even know what the fucking fuck fuck
  
  (I have no point, I just like banging my head against the desk, screaming "What the fucking fuck fuck?" at the top of my lungs)
Dude, where's my question mark! by Black+Parrot · 2003-10-09 10:59 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Market defective product
2. Watch the news
3. Sue the messenger
4. Profit!

This one seems to be a sure thing; no question marks required.

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SunnComm sues Linux users... by Bull999999 · 2003-10-09 11:06 · Score: 5, Funny

SunComm sues Linux users because its software won't run on Linux based OSes.

SunnComm CEO: They ought to recomplie the kernel with the support for our software because we all know that you are a pirate if you use any OSes that doesn't use DRM.

On the other news, SCO sues SunnComm because SunnComm has letters S C O in it and also for violating SCO's patent on stupid lawsuits.

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Re:Perfect test case... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-09 11:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Please contact compliance@sco.com
Re:Cannot use stock market as evidence by BeBoxer · 2003-10-09 11:45 · Score: 5, Funny

What they forget to mention in the press release, is that a 20% drop seems to represent a whopping 3 cents. From 15 cents to 12 cents. I'm sorry, if you're stock is that close to being worthless, I think an academic paper is the least of your problems.