Previous Politech message: "Judge orders researchers, conference not to reveal security flaws" http://www.politechbot.com/p-04653.html I should clarify one point. I (and some of the reports I forwarded) said the DMCA was one of the claims in the suit. That's incorrect. It was one of the points made in the lawyer nastygram (http://interz0ne.com/events/interz0ne_cease_order.html) but it was not part of the complaint and therefore not considered by the judge in granting the injunction. Also see: http://www.se2600.org/acidus/?se2600=9f3b4d14ffb835d12b9f4cad2ad91731 -Declan --- From: "Pope jonnyX" <jonnyxat_private> Organization: Dept of Redundancy and Repetitiveness Dept To: rootat_private Subject: [se2600] rumor control re: Interz0ne 2 & Blackboard CC: nlugat_private One of the panels scheduled for Interz0ne 2 was an update to Acidus' "Campuswide System Vulnerabilities" talk, given at both Interz0ne I and PhreakNIC6 last year. The updated talk, which was to include demos of the vulnerabilities discussed, was cancelled on the advice of legal counsel. The convention organizers received "Cease and Desist" email late Friday night, which was an electronic version of hardcopy delivered to the convention Saturday morning via FedEx. Copies of the C&D text are on the Interz0ne website: http://interz0ne.com/events/interz0ne_cease_order.html The FedEx packages that arrived Saturday morning were addressed to "Interz0ne: convention chair" and "Virgil - code poet"; I'm rather curious as to how the SAB lawyers decided upon the latter. The FedEx package to Virgil also contained a restraining order against him and Acidus, in addition to the C&D. The RO had no judicial signature, but a signed copy was delivered to the convention by courier and served Saturday afternoon. The originally scheduled panel was replaced by a reading of the C&D letter to Interz0ne convention attendants as an explanation as to why the panel was cancelled. Then Rock1t, Acidus, Virgil and I left the convention room, per legal advice, and we have been instructed to reply "no comment" wrt further questions on this incident. There is some confusion as to whether or not I am actually affected by the C&D, as I am convention co-chair, but for now we are erring on the side of caution. The initial court hearing will be at 8:30am, 14 April 2003. We will probably be requesting a continuance so that we may obtain official legal representation in this case and have an opportunity to consult with our attorneys. The se2600.org website, mailing lists and IRC channel, as well as the NLUG website and mailing list, are neither owned nor administered by Rock1t, Acidus, Virgil or myself. Note - In order to determine whether or not the C&D and RO were actually observed, Blackboard/SAB would have had to have had someone attending the convention, correct? || ___\ \/ / || comments/criticisms/death-threats may be sent to: || || \__ \ / || jonnyx at iamhere dot net || || __/ / \ || or POBox 2441, Duluth GA 30096, USA || || \__/_/\_\ || "DRIVING DRUNK ON THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY!" || ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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