http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0622/22wipo.html I have just read this, and I am very alarmed about the consequences of this bill. Essentially, if this bill becomes law, Bugtraq and much of the rest of the Security community would be wiped out. It does this by making it a crime to reverse-engineer software. The horror of this bill is obvious, it is at least as bad as the CDA, and we have yet to see much press about it. However, it is not too late to lobby congress and the press. It passed the Senate already, so we need to work on the house to block it. If we drum up enough media support in a grass-roots method, we can reach the critial mass neccessary to get heard. The bill is supported, if not sponsored, by the SPA (software publishers association). I'd like to get a list of its members and pressure them. I live in the Boston area and am willing to carry a sign outside of Lotus or whomever's headquarters for a few hours. I hope others are willing and able to make a similar sacrifice of time and effort. Even making some resources available to the cause would be a great help. We need to coordinate political action. If you are in the Boston area please email me if you are interested in coordinating action. I realize that this list is for technical discussion and some may consider this post off-topic, but I feel that as this bill threatens the very existance of this list and therefore needs to be discussed. p.s. also check: http://www.l0pht.com http://www.eff.org/effector/HTML/effect11.08.html http://www.dfc.org
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