Niels Ferguson, a professional cryptographer has written, Censorship in action: why I don\’t publish my HDCP results, which takes a look at why the DMCA is bad news.
\”There are lawyers who claim that a scientific paper like mine is a circumvention technology within the meaning of the DMCA, because it explains the weaknesses of a system. I have been advised by a US lawyer who works in this field that if I publish my paper, I might very well be prosecuted and/or sued under US law. \”
No, he\’s not American.
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