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SunnComm Backs Off on Threat to Sue
Posted by Ernest Miller on Friday, October 10 @ 08:37:03 EDT Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Ed Felten of Freedom to Tinker let's us know that SunnComm has now declared it has no intent to sue Alex Halderman for writing a report critical of SunnComm's MediaMax CD3 DRM technology (SunnComm Says It Won't Sue Halderman). Although yesterday morning (SunnComm to Sue Halderman Over Critical Academic Report) SunnComm's CEO was waxing hyperbolic ("This cat-and-mouse game that hackers and others like to play with owners of digital property is over."), he is now taking a more moderate approach, according to the Daily Princetonian, "I don't want to be the guy that creates any kind of chilling effect on research" (Threat of lawsuit passes for student). I can't help but think that the immediate blogging firestorm and public outcry that occurred in response to the proposed lawsuit had something to do with the quick retraction of the threat.
 
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I agree! (Score: 1)
by Seth_Finkelstein on Friday, October 10 @ 14:10:22 EDT
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Damn (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, October 11 @ 00:09:48 EDT
That would have been a great case. I'm thinking the judge's closing comments would have been "AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH".


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Re: SunnComm Backs Off on Threat to Sue (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, October 17 @ 10:35:53 EDT
SunnComm accused Halderman of wrongdoing for exposing their weak copy protection. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Is SunnComm without sin?

In December 2000, SunnComm announced a $20M deal with Will-Shown, who they described as a major Pacific Rim CD Manufacturer.

SunnComm Inks $20+ Million Copy Protection Deal With Major Pacific Rim CD Manufacturer

http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/news/0012/sunncomm_cd_protect.shtml

People are asking who is the Will-Shown Technology Company. Why would a CD manufacturer license copy protection? It is not a record label. Why would it commit so much to an untested product by a penny stock with no track record? How could a major Pacific Rim CD manufacturer not have a web site? How come it is not even mentioned on the web by anyone else? The stock price tripled in the days after the announcement. Who can find Will-Shown and clear up the mystery? A major Pacific Rim CD Manufacturer couldn't just vanish like that, could it?

SunnComm was previously named Desert Winds Entertainment. The SEC found a little problem with them: http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/complr17462.htm

Paloma appointed Jacobs as president and Jacobs, who accused Halderman of wrong doing, was the person responsible for the Will-Shown press release.


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