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SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony'
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.'"
Should stealing unlocked cars be a crime? You're still stealing - just because it's not secure doesn't mean it's legal. And should telling someone a car is unlocked be a crime, since you're simply stating the fact?
Rock!
You, like most pinko commie /. whining losers, have the reading comprehension of a slug. Nobody anywhere has said that pressing the shift key is a violation of the dmca. However, telling somebody that if they press the shift key while inserting a CD then they can illegally copy it is about the equivalent of showing your coworkers how to shake the vending machine to get free candy. Neither are acceptable forms of speach anywhere on this planet.
Quit being such a loser and try to pay attention more.
I'm sooooooooooooooooo tired of seeing that word misspelled time and time again. And here it actually is the cornerstone of the whole post, yet that freak can't get it right.
Please mod this up. And read it. Over and over again.
Yes, he should of spelled it right, damnit! :)
Won't this CD play perfectly well on a non-Windows box without having to "violate" the DMCA? Isn't this one of the nuisance lawsuits that Shrub wants to eliminate?
In other news, CowboyNeal masturbated today....