Re: Writing "press the shift key" alleged to be violation of DMCA

From: Keith Tabor <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:02:09 -0400

This relates back to the discussion of whether Linda Gruber's anti-right-click technology was covered by the DMCA.

At least that is the first thing I thought of when I read this story.

Thanks to the board for previewing some of the arguments!

keith

• Theodora Michaels <TMICHAELS[_at_]carlinamerica.com> wrote:
  > Taking the DMCA to new heights of absurdity,
  > SunnComm Technologies Inc.
  > is reportedly suing a Princeton graduate student for
  > pointing out that
  > SunnComm's CD copy-protection scheme can be defeated
  > by holding down the
  > shift key:
  >
  >
  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3589406
  >
  > In what I assume is a parody article (though day by
  > day it's getting
  > harder to tell), Bertelsmann Group is also suing
  > keyboard manufacturers
  > for making this "shift" technology available:
  > http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/10/8/201119/758
  >
  > The student's paper is here:
  > http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/
  >
  > Seems to me that if anyone has valid cause of
  > action, it's only
  > SunnComm's clients or investors, who may have been
  > misled on the
  > effectiveness of their copy-protection scheme.
  >
  >
  > Thea
  >
  

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