On 5/6/07, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
Edward Felten was threatened with a lawsuit under the
DMCA for
publishing, in an academic context, details of how to break the SDMI DRM
algorithm; upon his countersuing for a declarative judgment, the RIAA
and SDMI dropped the case, backtracking so far as to argue in court that
his academic publication of details on how to break SDMI did *not*
violate the DMCA; the Justice Department has since agreed that work like
Felten's does not violate the DMCA. Since we're much more similar to
Felten than 2600, I'd take this as good evidence that us publishing
information in an educational context on how to break DRM algorithms is
not illegal.
There is a big difference between an academic discussion of the
security properties of an algorithm and the disclosure of key material
which serves so other purpose than actually circumventing the
protection.
Are you willing to the contributors to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia
foundation against losses which result from following your advice?