Actually from a PR standpoint, this move shows the public the idiocy of the DMCA. Think about it. Preeminent researchers must jump through legal hoops in order to investigate a piece of friggin' spyware! And it isn't like they can get a blanket exemption to "investigate all spyware", because who determines what counts as spyware?
Take, for example, Sony's DRM rootkit. Before the current brouhaha there was no way that Sony would allow an exemption for these researchers. In hindsight, this was precisely the type of DMCA'ed software that required third-party investigation.
I imagine a lot of people who fell victim to the Sony rootkit will be pissed to hear that it was known in private a month before it became public. Perhaps if security researchers keep applying for exemptions for legitamate security threats, the public will realize the absurdity of the DMCA in general. It shouldn't take weeks to publish critical security reports because of some asinine legal and bueracratic system.
Don't forget the ellipsis... I can't stand people who end every sentence in an ellipsis... It sounds as though they can't finish a thought... Wait a minute... What was I talking about...
In a similar vein, one year "The Capital", Annapolis, MD's daily newspaper, ran a front page story on the "Navel Academy Graduation." Mind you, the US Naval Academy is located in Annapolis, and the artical pretty much summed up the competence of said newspaper.
I can attest to this. I grew up in PA and I've never seen the same sort of tax insanity anywhere else. One year I had to fill out FIVE tax returns along with paying a separate school tax. And thank god I'm not a property owner there. I pay less than half in property taxes living in DC than a friend who lives in PA even though my house is worth three times as much.
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Actually from a PR standpoint, this move shows the public the idiocy of the DMCA. Think about it. Preeminent researchers must jump through legal hoops in order to investigate a piece of friggin' spyware! And it isn't like they can get a blanket exemption to "investigate all spyware", because who determines what counts as spyware? Take, for example, Sony's DRM rootkit. Before the current brouhaha there was no way that Sony would allow an exemption for these researchers. In hindsight, this was precisely the type of DMCA'ed software that required third-party investigation. I imagine a lot of people who fell victim to the Sony rootkit will be pissed to hear that it was known in private a month before it became public. Perhaps if security researchers keep applying for exemptions for legitamate security threats, the public will realize the absurdity of the DMCA in general. It shouldn't take weeks to publish critical security reports because of some asinine legal and bueracratic system.
Don't forget the ellipsis... I can't stand people who end every sentence in an ellipsis... It sounds as though they can't finish a thought... Wait a minute... What was I talking about...
In a similar vein, one year "The Capital", Annapolis, MD's daily newspaper, ran a front page story on the "Navel Academy Graduation." Mind you, the US Naval Academy is located in Annapolis, and the artical pretty much summed up the competence of said newspaper.
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I can attest to this. I grew up in PA and I've never seen the same sort of tax insanity anywhere else. One year I had to fill out FIVE tax returns along with paying a separate school tax. And thank god I'm not a property owner there. I pay less than half in property taxes living in DC than a friend who lives in PA even though my house is worth three times as much.