Diebold Folds In DMCA E-Voting Lawsuit

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday November 26, 2003 @09:53PM from the dieboldic-plots-and-intricacies dept.

sunbird writes "Diebold has filed a responsive pleading (PDF) in the lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to challenge Diebold's practice of using the DMCA to suppress discussion of the critical flaws with electronic voting. Diebold states that it has "decided to withdraw its existing DMCA notifications and not to issue any further ones . . . ." Other recent developments include: this transcript of the court hearing on EFF's application for a preliminary injunction and Dennis Kucinich's linking to Diebold memos from his webpage at the U.S. House of Representatives. Stay tuned- the judge has scheduled a status conference for this Monday in the case."

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Well crap. by p24t · 2003-11-26 22:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

I was kinda hoping that they would realize how dumb the DMCA is when they realize it could take away our very freedom of choice in this country.

Next they'll take away the 4th amendment. No, that's already gone too. Dumb FBI.
Same stale joke by Volmarias · 2003-11-26 22:17 · Score: 1, Redundant

I for one welcome our new EFF overlords!

Would anyone like to take any bets on how long it takes until the current administration "discovers" "evidence" that the EFF is channeling funds to "terrorists"?

In all seriousness, I'm glad to see this. If other legal fronts on the voting war go well, who knows, I might end up at the polls next November instead of scrawling in my entries via absentee ballot.