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To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (5211)	10/11/2003 1:52:19 PM
From: scion	Respond to of 12465

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has led the charge against the DMCA, also spoke out against SunnComm. Threatened Lawsuit Over Princeton CD Paper Dropped Fri Oct 10, 6:16 PM ET Add Technology - Reuters Internet Report to My Yahoo! By Ben Berkowitz LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A software company, citing academic freedom, has backed away from a threat to sue a Princeton student who published details on how to thwart its CD copy-protection technology. Peter Jacobs, the chief executive of SunnComm Technologies Inc. (OTC BB:STEH.OB - news), told Reuters on Friday the company disputed the conclusion by Princeton student Alex Halderman that its software was "irreparably flawed," but would not pursue the matter because it did not want to chill academic research. Halderman, who is working on a doctorate in computer science, posted a paper on his Web site earlier this week detailing the ways SunnComm's MediaMax software could be defeated. These included simply holding down the "Shift" key on a keyboard, while loading the disc in to a CD drive. SunnComm did not contest that finding, but earlier said the paper cost the company more than $10 million in market capitalization. "R&D is our life," Jacobs said. "It wasn't our intention to strike a blow against research. We sincerely thought that the research was not founded on the premise for which the technology was invented in the first place." Earlier this year, Phoenix-based SunnComm and BMG, a unit of the German conglomerate Bertelsmann AG (news - web sites) (BERT.UL), signed a deal for BMG to license SunnComm's MediaMax CD-3 copy protection software. The music industry, faced with slumping CD sales it blames on digital piracy, has actively sought new technologies to cut down on what it sees as rampant copying of compact discs and the sharing of those files online. In late September, BMG's Arista label released "Comin' From Where I'm From," a CD from singer Anthony Hamilton. It was the first major release using the SunnComm software. In his Web posting, Halderman also explained how to stop the driver that the MediaMax software installs on a computer when the CD is first played, leaving the user free to copy the disc. SunnComm said on Thursday it would sue Halderman and urge felony charges against him for alleged violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (news - web sites). CHANGE OF HEART But Jacobs said he had a change of heart. "I'm looking at the big picture," Jacobs said. "I'm feeling better already. (The research) doesn't dilute our technology at all, nor does it nullify our technology." Halderman's graduate advisor at Princeton is Ed Felten, a well-known academic who once filed suit against the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) after the record industry trade group suggested it would use the DMCA to prosecute Felten for publishing a paper on flaws in an industry-devised digital security system. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has led the charge against the DMCA, also spoke out against SunnComm. "What more proof do you need that the DMCA is chilling legitimate research?" EFF senior attorney Fred von Lohmann said in a statement Thursday. "In America today, scientists shouldn't have to fear legal action for publishing the truth. Based on the apparent weakness of its technology, perhaps SunnComm should be hiring more Princeton computer scientists, instead of threatening to sue them." Jacobs, whose company counts the Chinese government as a minority investor, argued the dispute came down to a misunderstanding over the intent of his software. "The problem was that he declared this an unrepairable flaw and that was the part that really hurt us," he said. "He was reviewing a drama when we were writing a comedy." story.news.yahoo.com

To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote (5211)	10/12/2003 10:05:48 AM
From: Mr. Jens Tingleff	Respond to of 12465

BGW International LLC is not in Florida, Illinois or California corp register. - Whois info for, bgwinternational.com: Registrant: Brant Williams 298 Grandview Ave. Suffern, NY 10901 US Domain name: BGWINTERNATIONAL.COM Administrative Contact: Williams, Brant brant@dpp.com 298 Grandview Ave. Suffern, NY 10901 US 845-362-4010 ----------- dpp.com same and is created back in 95.. Obvious that you may have the right Joe Shih there. Also that the info at all is shady to say the least. Kr Jens