RE: Xbox (Was -Online Games Consoles and Security Implications)

From: Thor Larholm (Thorat_private)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 00:52:26 PDT

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    This may be somewhat offtopic, but how does the DMCA 'handle' foreign
    countries? There's quite a big world outside of the US of A, and being part
    of that outside world makes me somewhat ignorant and irrelevant to any
    restrictions laid out by the DMCA since it has no jurisdiction anywhere
    else.
    
    Does it specifically mention how to handle 'sensitive' research outside of
    its borders? Should I tripple check before planning any visits to the
    states? ;)
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Robert Freeman [mailto:freem100at_private]
    Sent: 5. juni 2002 03:34
    To: vuln-devat_private
    Cc: comat_private
    Subject: RE: Xbox (Was -Online Games Consoles and Security Implications)
    
    
    Sure the XBox is protected by the DMCA. However, there are six exemptions to
    the DMCA, which include encryption research and security testing. Security
    testing (section 1201j) requires permission whereas encryption research
    (section 1201g) apparently does not. The paper stays strictly related to
    encryption research, so I tend to think the author has fulfilled legal
    obligations. On a related note, the work is beyond the understanding of the
    general public, so I'd doubt MS will lift a finger. Now if somebody did
    something based on the paper...
    
    RF
    
    ----- Original Message Deus 
    Attonbitus: "Deus, HammerofGod" <comat_private>
    
    > XBox the XBox OS protected by DRM new DRM patent?  Meaning that any 
    > security vulnerabilities could be used to enable copyright infringement; 
    > the publication of which would be illegal DMCA the DMCA?
    > 
    > It will be interesting to how MS responds to this.
    > 
    > AD
    



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