On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Paul Onions wrote:
> Indeed, my reading of the following extract defining 'encryption research'
> in the DMCA seems to indicate that it is easier to prosecute someone for
> exposing a vulnarability in a weak system than for a stronger system.
>
> `(1) DEFINITIONS- For pur
> --
> From: Alan Barrett[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> The DMCA said:
> > 1201(a)(1)(A):
> >No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
> >controls access to a work protected under this title.
>
> What does "effectively" mean here?
>
> If it h
Dave Archer wrote:
> ...
>
> However, if the intention of the IP owner was to use ROT13 to make
> unauthorized viewing of the data subject to the DMCA, then it
> is effective.
>
> This may seem somewhat silly, but access does not need to be
> controlled by making unauthorized viewing difficult,
At 11:20 AM 7/29/2001 +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
>The DMCA said:
> > 1201(a)(1)(A):
> >No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
> >controls access to a work protected under this title.
>
>What does "effectively" mean here?
1201(b)(2)(B):
a technological measur
At 11:20 AM +0200 7/29/2001, Alan Barrett wrote:
>The DMCA said:
> > 1201(a)(1)(A):
>>No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
>>controls access to a work protected under this title.
>
>What does "effectively" mean here?
The law attempts to define it:
'1201(a)(
on 7/29/01 5:20 AM, Alan Barrett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The DMCA said:
>> 1201(a)(1)(A):
>> No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
>> controls access to a work protected under this title.
>
> What does "effectively" mean here?
>
> If it has its plain english m
The DMCA said:
> 1201(a)(1)(A):
>No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
>controls access to a work protected under this title.
What does "effectively" mean here?
If it has its plain english meaning, then one could argue that ROT13,
CSS (and anything else that
