| ??? 11/24/05 07:02 Read: times |
#104094 - DMCA Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Bert Van Den Berg said:
I thought I read about some laws that were passed in the USA to allow prosecution of PC hackers. If the definition of PC is not nailed down tightly then it might possibly apply to microcomputers. I think you are thinking of the DMCA which makes "digital circumvention devices" illegal. I.e., if the movie companies put encryption on a DVD, it is illegal to circumvent that encryption. It was a blow to "fair use" and I'm not sure if it's constitutionality has been established yet. In any case, there are exceptions for reverse engineering for the purpose of achieving compatibility/interoperability, or something like that. Not all reverse engineering is illegal; what is done with the resulting code is what determines whether the effort is illegal. Also if payment isn't required until the code is sucessfully recovered from the micro perhaps having someone feed the code hackers some work and not paying for(or receiving)the result could be suitable punishment. It might be effective, but I don't think two wrongs make a right. Regards, Craig Steiner |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| code lock breakers | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I doubt | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I said so, and I mean it in the proper c | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| this won't help | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Manufacturer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| would do that if breaking specific chip | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| vulnerabilities | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I am sure they do know | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Out of spec | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| manufacturer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Maybe... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Danger Will Robinson? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| There might be a way | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| DMCA | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Mean MCU hardware locks are broken ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Look here | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| But no body knows how it is done | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| This link shows an example | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| lockbreakers | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| US Federal Anti-Hacking Laws | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| USA Only | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Exactly | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| smart cards | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| DSS cracking | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| TV decoder | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Deported ? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Nah, I like the Coast Guard | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
swings and roundabouts | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Black Friday ? | 01/01/70 00:00 |