That's exactly what I said when I e-mailed the team at the copy protection development site working for the RIAA in San Diego. I questioned the wisdom of quashing academic research findings and said that they were foolish by not taking what he had found and using it to strengthen their protocol. I also pointed out if someone did it once it will most like be cracked again, and by someone who doesn't have any academic or professional status to worry about - "and then the cats out of the bag", or out on the web as the case may be! -----Original Message----- From: pwa@chmls06.mediaone.net [mailto:pwa@chmls06.mediaone.net]On Behalf Of Paul Abrahams Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 0903 To: SuSE listserve Subject: Re: [SLE] Something of possible interest? crrey wrote:
Here's an article posted by IDG.net's TechInformer.
UNDER RIAA PRESSURE, ACADEMIC DOES NOT PRESENT PAPER (Source: IDG.net) Edward Felten, the Princeton computer science professor who has been at the center of some controversy this week due to a paper he wrote detailing ways to crack the encryption in the SDMI digital music system, chose not to present his findings at a conference. http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=466403
For the actual paper, go to http://www.theregister.co.uk/extra/sdmi-attack.htm Once it's been copied off the net, there's no way that RIAA can close the barn door. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com