Trusted Computing/DMCA vs. Diebold Pentagon Paper

The Importance of writes "Diebold's ill-fated e-voting machines have gotten a lot of coverage recently. Of particular interest is the fact that some of the most damning documents are legal memos leaked from Diebold's law firm, Jones Day. The memos were leaked to the Oakland Tribune. Now Diebold's lawyers are trying to suppress their publication. The judge has ordered the documents returned, except for those already published on the internet. Hopefully, the First Amendment will protect the newspaper's rights to hold onto the documents. However, EFF's Jason Schultz points out a very real and very scary scenario in which trusted computing combined with the DMCA makes such leaks illegal, regardless of the First Amendment."

Comments

Re:FP

[phreak0003]

I hate this... the US is turning into the Soviet Union

When in Trouble, When in Doubt,

[MichaelCrawford]

Run in Circles, Scream and Shout.

Re:Regardless?

[rossz]

Hardly. In fact, I've been here long enough to know the difference between "your" and "you're".