Re: [dvd-discuss] Software company to sue student over using shift key
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From: Michael A Rolenz <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:18:16 -0700
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"I don't want to be the people my parents warned me to stay away from,"
said Jacobs of his decision. "It's 10 million bucks, but maybe I can make it
back, and maybe [Halderman] can learn a little bit more about our technology
so as not to call it brain dead."
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10/10/2003 10:11 AM
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SunnComm Technologies, Inc. announced yesterday morning it would sue first-year graduate student John Halderman over his recent critique of the company's new CD copy-protection method, but by the end of the day SunnComm president and CEO Peter Jacobs said he changed his mind.
Jacobs said in an interview late last night that a successful lawsuit would do little to reverse the damage done by the paper Halderman published Monday about his research, and any suit would likely hurt the research community by making computer scientists think twice about researching copy-protection technology.
"I don't want to be the guy that creates any kind of chilling effect on research," Jacobs said.
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At 10:04 AM 10/10/2003 -0700, Michael A Rolenz wrote:
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