More on SunComm and DMCA "shift key hacking" claims [fs][ip]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: Hugh Lilly <h.lilly () gmx net>
Organization: http://hugh.orcon.net.nz
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on "Shift Key Breaking CD Copy Protection Technology"
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:57:26 +1300

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Declan, Dave,

After successfully getting rid of the horrible flash intro on SunnComm's
confusing and very badly-designed website[1], one is presented with the
following statement:

 Important Notice to SunnComm Shareholders and Prospective Shareholders
     SunnComm Technologies, Inc. is a Phoenix, AZ company whose stock is
     publicly traded in the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market under symbol STEH.
     Our 3-year old company is currently in the development stage of its life
     cycle and, to date, has earned only insignificant revenue from sales of
     its products.
     It is the intention of management to remain a non-reporting company
     listed on the "The Pink Sheets" until such time as the company reports
     significant sales of its technology. It is within the corporation's
     legal rights to elect this option. However, this means that you, the
     investor or interest-holder, will not be afforded public access to
     regular company audits and therefore you must solely rely on the
     company's press releases, news stories, or other publicly available
     information.
     Not having access to audit detail or other significant reporting
     dynamics can put SunnComm shareholders or interest-holders, at a
     significant disadvantage from a risk standpoint. Due to SunnComm's
     current, legal, non-disclosure status, your investment in SunnComm may
     carry with it an even higher degree of risk than that of other publicly
     traded companies which are currently fully reporting.
     Because of our non-reporting status, SunnComm's management feels you
     need to understand these very important facts prior to making a decision
     to invest in the company's shares, and you should also be totally aware
     that you run the risk of losing your entire investment should you make
     the decision to purchase shares in SunnComm.
     If you have additional questions regarding this notice or anything you
     may read on SunnComm's website, we urge you to contact company directly.
     Thank you for giving me this moment of your time. Please click the
     button below to acknowledge reading the above and to access The SunnComm
     Website.
     Thanks for stopping by,
     [petersig.gif] I have read the statement

In order to get into the site you have to click on "I have read the statement"
which then sends you to [2]the main section of the site, all horribly done in
flash.

There are a few other interesting parts of their site:

"Here's your chance to ask SunnComm's President, Peter Jacobs, any questions
you may have; SunnComm will NEVER share your email address with
anyone...period!"
http://www.sunncomm.com/asktheprez/asktheprez.asp

There have been some very interesting questions asked on the site, and they
all seem to have good answers:

Q: I´ve heard your technology can be hacked. Does that mean it won´t
"work?"  (10/6/2003 7:37:18 PM)

A: Not at all. People who perform tests on MediaMax and declare it to be
"hackable" don´t understand why it´s there in the first place. Let me tell
you why:

1. All technology can be "hacked" by people wishing to make illegal and
unauthorized use of the content owners´ property. Prior to MediaMax, there
was no alternative to the illegal copying and re-copying of music by users.
Now with MediaMax on the CD, honest people have a way of honoring the
artist´s wishes regarding how and where the music property can be copied and
shared.
        [...]

Then there's the "news" page:

http://www.sunncomm.com/news/listnews.asp

But the newest article they've linked to is this:
09/24/2003   AFP   [3]US firm hopes anti-piracy CD will rock blackmarket

The other interesting section of their site is the [4]Press Releases page. The

SunnComm CEO Says Princeton Report Critical of its MediaMax CD Copy Management
Technology Contains Erroneous Assumptions and Conclusions
http://www.sunncomm.com/press/printpr.asp?prid=200310091000


You can sign up for press releases etc. here:
http://www.sunncomm.com/sunngramm/sunngramm.asp

[1] The non-flash front page[a] has this on it:
This site requires Flash player 6.  If you are not prompted to install, click
on the picture above.  After installing Flash6, click here to reload
SunnComm.com

  [a] http://www.sunncomm.com/index_still.html

[2] http://www.sunncomm.com/index2.html
[3] http://makeashorterlink.com/?M1BE51926
[4] http://www.sunncomm.com/press/listpr.asp

Cheers,

Hugh.
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