Re: [OT] DMCA loop hole

["Paul G. Allen" <pgallen@randomlogic.com>]

James Simmons wrote:
> 
> Sorry this is off topic but this was way to good :-)
> 
>           Virus writers can use the DMCA in a perverse way. Because
>    computer viruses are programs, they can be copyrighted just like a
>    book, song, or movie. If a virus writer were to use encryption to hide
>    the code of a virus, an anti-virus company could be forbidden by the
>    DMCA to see how the virus works without first getting the permission
>    of the virus writer. If they didn't, a virus writer could sue the
>    anti-virus company under the DMCA!

I like this and I must forward it to all my network security colleagues.
It would serve the writers of DMCA right if they a) were victim to a
virus, trojan, or worm and b) were sued under the very law they created
for reverse engineering it and publicizing a fix.

PGA