http://singularitylaw.com/technology-law/online-anarchy The Information Technology Law Blog and Podcast by Professor Michael Scott Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:41:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://singularitylaw.com/technology-law/online-anarchy/comment-page-1#comment-275 Synchronicity - » Ignore the DMCA? Mon, 21 May 2007 14:23:51 +0000 http://singularitylaw.com/?p=35#comment-275 [...] Scott correctly points out that our society has a longstanding tradition of ignoring laws that it considers unfair: Civil [...] [...] Scott correctly points out that our society has a longstanding tradition of ignoring laws that it considers unfair: Civil [...]

]]> http://singularitylaw.com/technology-law/online-anarchy/comment-page-1#comment-274 Josh Mon, 21 May 2007 11:09:09 +0000 http://singularitylaw.com/?p=35#comment-274 I haven't yet formed an opinion on the merits of the AACS encryption issue mostly because I'm having trouble thinking about a hex number sequence as a copyrightable expression. If anything, it seems more like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_secret" rel="nofollow">trade secret</a> to me. Of course, by now the code wouldn't be a trade secret anymore since it is "generally known to the relevant portion of the public." And, in this case, it appears to have been discovered by reverse engineering, which could mean that it was not illegal. I haven’t yet formed an opinion on the merits of the AACS encryption issue mostly because I’m having trouble thinking about a hex number sequence as a copyrightable expression. If anything, it seems more like a trade secret to me. Of course, by now the code wouldn’t be a trade secret anymore since it is “generally known to the relevant portion of the public.” And, in this case, it appears to have been discovered by reverse engineering, which could mean that it was not illegal.

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