This is a big change from the RIAA/SDMI letter earlier this month (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01946.html), which says: >I urge you to reconsider your intentions and to refrain from any public >disclosure of confidential information derived from the Challenge... [it] >could subject you and your research team to actions under the Digital >Millennium Copyright Act ("DCMA")... would constitute a violation of the >Agreement and would subject your research team to enforcement actions >under the DMCA and possibly other federal laws. Also note that the press release below carefully does not say anything about Verance and whether that company would still contemplate a lawsuit or not. I'm inviting Verance to clarify its current position. -Declan ******* http://riaa.com/PR_story.cfm?id=407 Statement by Matthew Oppenheim on Professor Felten The Secure Digital Music Initiative Foundation (SDMI) does not - nor did it ever - intend to bring any legal action against Professor Felten or his co-authors. We sent the letter because we felt an obligation to the watermark licensees who had voluntarily submitted their valuable inventions to SDMI for testing. For the record, the Recording Industry Association of America, one of the founding members of SDMI, strongly believes in academic freedom and Freedom of Speech. This issue, however, is about the competing interests of scientists - those of the watermark technology companies that have invented new technologies and those of Professor Felton who seeks to describe how to circumvent those technologies. To that end, we have encouraged Professor Felten and the technology companies to resolve this matter. We leave it in their hands to do so. Further questions should be directed to Verance at 858-677- 6522 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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