felten II (or jr.)

Posted on October 10, 2003 by Lessig

This is good news (ok, not for Halderman but for the law). SunnComm says it is suing Alex Halderman (Ed Felten’s student) because he posted a paper pointing out the weaknesses in SunnComm’s copy-protection software. I’m sure there will be a world of legal support to help Halderman establish what should be an obvious point: tell the truth is not yet a crime, and (fortunately for most professors) writing even wrong papers is not either.

UPDATE: Oh well. Looks like SunnComm has come to its senses. No lawsuit after all.

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2 Responses to felten II (or jr.)

  1. Karl says:
    October 10, 2003 at 12:14 pm

    It looks like SunnComm has backed off. According to this article the head of the company actually ‘gets it’.

    -kd

  2. Seth Finkelstein says:
    October 11, 2003 at 11:53 am

    I agree there would be a world of legal support for him, which then likely made SunnComm retract its lawsuit plans.

    But what about those of us who aren’t nearly as much a loveable hero?

    I’ve been driven to quit my censorware research, in part since I’m not a professor or a student, so wouldn’t get that institutional support.
    (and I have severe doubts about other support …)

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