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IP: Embrace, extend, censor
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:07:07 -0400
From: ecdesign () bellsouth net Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 23:30:12 -0500 To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Embrace, extend, censor http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/11/slashdot_censor/index.html Embrace, extend, censor Microsoft asks Slashdot to remove posts revealing copyrighted information. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Andrew Leonard May 11, 2000 | Yet another skirmish has broken out in the ongoing war between free-software hackers and proprietary-minded corporations -- and this one promises to be a doozy. On Wednesday, lawyers representing Microsoft requested the removal of a series of posts on the bulletin boards at Slashdot, the popular "news for nerds" Web site. Citing the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Microsoft asserted that the Slashdot posts, which reveal information about Microsoft's proprietary version of a popular security technology called Kerberos, include "unauthorized reproductions of Microsoft's copyrighted work" -- as well as information on how to get around access restrictions protecting Microsoft's "data specification." <snip> In contrast to other disputes involving copyrighted information -- such as the Napster controversy -- this particular tangle cannot easily be painted as one in which hackers are ripping off corporations or depriving artists of revenue. Instead, Microsoft is attempting to co-opt a popular public technology and, after having been confronted about that, is attempting to control the transmission of information revealing its actions. <snip>
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