Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-04 Thread David G. Koontz
Hal Finney wrote: >> My question to the assembled: are cryptographic keys really subject to >> DMCA subject to takedown requests? I suspect they are not >> copyrightable under the criterion from the phone directory >> precedent. > > A sample demand letter from the AACS Licensing Authority appears

RE: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Korn
On 01 May 2007 22:33, Jon Callas wrote: > On May 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > unsigned char* guess_key(void) > { > unsigned > char key[] = {0x0a, 0xFa, 0x12, 0x03, >0xD9, 0x42, 0x57, 0xC6, >0x9E, 0x75, 0xE4, 0x5C, >

Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread Jon Callas
On May 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Perry E. Metzger wrote: A lot of sites have been getting DMCA takedowns for the HD-DVD processing key that got leaked recently. My question to the assembled: are cryptographic keys really subject to DMCA subject to takedown requests? I suspect they are not copyrig

Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread James S. Tyre
At 05:04 PM 5/1/2007 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hal Finney") writes: > A sample demand letter from the AACS Licensing Authority appears at: > > http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=03218 ... > This seems odd to me because my understanding of the DMCA's > anti

Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread Perry E. Metzger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hal Finney") writes: > A sample demand letter from the AACS Licensing Authority appears at: > > http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=03218 > >>From what I can see, there is no claim that the key is copyrighted. > Rather, the letter refers to the provisions of the DMCA

Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread lists
> A lot of sites have been getting DMCA takedowns for the HD-DVD > processing key that got leaked recently. > My question to the assembled: are cryptographic keys really subject to > DMCA subject to takedown requests? I suspect they are not > copyrightable under the criterion from the phone direc

Re: can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread "Hal Finney"
> My question to the assembled: are cryptographic keys really subject to > DMCA subject to takedown requests? I suspect they are not > copyrightable under the criterion from the phone directory > precedent. A sample demand letter from the AACS Licensing Authority appears at: http://www.chillingef

can a random number be subject to a takedown?

2007-05-01 Thread Perry E. Metzger
A lot of sites have been getting DMCA takedowns for the HD-DVD processing key that got leaked recently. My question to the assembled: are cryptographic keys really subject to DMCA subject to takedown requests? I suspect they are not copyrightable under the criterion from the phone directory prece