FC: HP recants: "We promise not to use DMCA against researchers!"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

HP statement:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hp.recants.dmca.080102.html

HP nastygram invoking DMCA from MOnday:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hp.dmca.threat.073002.html

Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03815.html

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-947745.html?tag=politech

   HP backs down on DMCA warning
   By Declan McCullagh
   August 1, 2002, 5:58 PM PT

   WASHINGTON--Hewlett-Packard has backed away from legal threats it made
   against security analysts who publicized flaws in the company's
   software.

   In a statement released late Thursday, HP emphasized that it would not
   use a controversial copyright law, the Digital Millennium Copyright
   Act (DMCA), to pursue a loosely organized team of researchers who
   demonstrated a bug in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system.

   [...]




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