Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!nntpspool01.opticnetworks.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: CATCH and THROW Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:52:25 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <3af8e118-f284-449f-8da0-883fc125790c@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:42610 On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:23:40 -0400, rickman wrote: > On 10/12/2015 1:29 AM, Rod Pemberton wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:21:06 -0400, wrote: >>> my LC53 encryption-cracking program does this. >> >> Aren't you an U.S. citizen? >> >> Cracking is illegal under the DMCA. >> >> You need to have authority granted to >> you from the copyright holder of LC53. >> Even though that is you, you might >> want to put it in writing just in >> case they don't believe you ... > > Cracking encryption is not illegal under > the DMCA. Cracking encryption used to > protect copyright is illegal. Just what isn't automatically copyrighted under state laws, and/or the Berne convention, upon creation? Everything is. I.e., whatever he decides to encrypt is copyrighted automatically. Therefore, any cracking falls under the DMCA. So, if he decides to crack encryption, even his own, he must specificly obtain legal permission. Per DMCA, Section 1201(a)(3)(A), you must be authorized to decrypt. That section does not exclude the copyright holder from obtaining authorization. But, I'm not a lawyer ... Rod Pemberton -- Just how many texting and calendar apps does humanity need? Just how many food articles from neurotic millenials do we need?