EDUPAGE> Edupage, December 03, 2003
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:04:33 -0700
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2003
Diebold Backs Down from Lawsuit Threat
New Computer Worm a Friend of Spammers
ACLU Backs UNC Student, Fights RIAA
Educational Discounts on Linux
DIEBOLD BACKS DOWN FROM LAWSUIT THREAT
Diebold Inc., maker of electronic voting systems, has withdrawn threats
of litigation against individuals--including a number of college
students--who have posted Diebold memos online. Those posting the memos
said they include evidence that the e-voting systems lack adequate
security; Diebold has said that posting the memos publicly violated the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Diebold disputed students' claims
that making the memos available is covered by fair-use provisions of
copyright law, but in court documents the company indicated its opinion
that pursuing enforcement "would not only be cost prohibitive but, in
all likelihood, futile." Despite Diebold's announcement, however, two
students from Swarthmore College, along with the nonprofit Online
Policy Group, have asked a federal court to declare that posting such
memos is in fact covered by fair use and to force Diebold to pay
monetary damages for "copyright misuse."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2 December 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/12/2003120202n.htm
NEW COMPUTER WORM A FRIEND OF SPAMMERS
A new e-mail computer worm appears to be the work of spammers trying to
defeat anti-spam forces. The W32/Mimail-L worm replicates as do other
worms, by e-mailing itself to those in an infected computer's address
book, but it also sends a second message promising delivery of a CD
with pornographic content. The link to supposedly prevent delivery of
the CD in fact sends an e-mail to one of eight anti-spam organizations.
Steve Linford of the Spamhaus Project said his organization is being
flooded with complaints from computer users who believe Spamhaus is
responsible the CDs. In addition, the worm can turn infected computers
into drones that can be used in denial-of-service attacks against the
same eight organizations. Security experts commented that this latest
worm provides further evidence that virus writers and spammers are
working together.
Reuters, 2 December 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3925183
ACLU BACKS UNC STUDENT, FIGHTS RIAA
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has taken up the case of a
University of North Carolina student whose identity is being sought by
the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The student,
whose identity remains secret, is accused of illegally trading
copyrighted songs over the university's network. Attorneys from the
ACLU said the group in no way supports or condones copyright
infringement but that the RIAA's subpoena violates the student's
Constitutional right to privacy. At issue is the question of whether an
individual's identity must be revealed based only on an accusation,
rather than on proof of wrongdoing. The student has lost access to the
university's computer system as a result of the RIAA's complaint,
which is common practice. The student could regain access to the system
by filing a "counter notice," but the student has so far declined to do
this because he or she wants to remain anonymous, according to David
Parker, attorney for the university.
Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107037572510433000,00.html
EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNTS ON LINUX
Red Hat this week began offering discounts to students and educational
institutions in a bid to capture some of the education computer market,
estimated to be $9.5 billion in 2006. Under the new program, students
can buy the Enterprise Linux WS desktop software for $25 a year, and
institutions can purchase the RHEL AS server software for $50 a year.
The company also began offering a $2,500 subscription that allows
unlimited installations of RHEL WS for students and administrators of
an institution. Some observers noted that Linux offers a good match for
educational purposes because, as an open source application, it can
serve educational needs for experimentation and modification. SuSE
Linux, Red Hat's primary competitor, began offering educational
discounts in November.
CNET, 3 December 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5113055.html
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