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SunnComm Reconsiders Lawsuit Threat

Posted by michael on from the shift-keys-now-a-okay dept.

The Importance of writes "SunnComm, which yesterday had threatened to sue Alex Halderman for writing a report critical of SunnComm's MediaMax CD3 DRM technology, has now backed off that threat. 'I don't want to be the guy that creates any kind of chilling effect on research,' SunnComm's CEO Peter Jacobs said."

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  1. Haha, nice save! by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 4, Funny

    By coincidence he also didn't figure out he didn't have much chance of winning *anything*, financial or otherwise, did he?

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  2. I take it back... by Bull999999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hereby withdraw my nomination of Jacobs for the annual McBride Award for Excellence in Stupid Lawsuits.

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  3. Re:I think his quote read more like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Could we ask him to show us the "Any" key also? You know -- "Press any key".

  4. If this is any sign of their intelligence... by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 1, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new DCMA overlords.

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  5. second half of quote by LuxFX · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I don't want to be the guy that creates any kind of chilling effect on research," Jacobs said.

    Jacobs continued by adding, "I'll settle for just creating chilling effects on the concepts of fair use and privacy."

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  6. Re:Chilling Effect on Research? by Weaselmancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree completely. How much research is needed to find out that autoplay is a feature which you can disable? And what kind of clusterfuck pile of dumbasses bases a security feature off of something you can disable with a keystroke in the first place???

    Research. It only took me 5 seconds to find the above link. Well - thank God I'm still allowed to.

    Weaselmancer

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