Re: [dvd-discuss] How many bits is a technical protection measure?

[Scott A Crosby <crosby(at)qwes.math.cmu.edu>]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:

> So, a lounge-rat here wrote a program that would reset those flags to
> allow him to mark his fonts as embeddable.. He has recieved a DMCA
> takedown letter (which is on its way to ChillingEffects.org) from a font
> house ordering him to remove the program.

Now the dialog is up at:

    http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~twm/embed/dmca.html

(For me, its blank, so I had to 'view source' to read it.)

Wow.. That makes interesting reading. His program has been in
existance for over 5 *years*... Now, they're claiming, retractively,
that its illegal under the DMCA.

Very very interesting.

Chilling effects!  If this actually goes past C&D letters, it would be an
even stronger exlempar of why no one can ever write any program that
might, at some time (even years) in the future be used for 'circumvention
of a copyright protection measure'... Which probably includes almost all
programs ever written.

Scott