Princeton University Court Case: Disclosing Anti-Piracy Technology Insights

A team of academics asked a federal court Wednesday for permission to publicly reveal how they cracked an anti-piracy technology backed by the music industry. Princeton University researchers headed by professor Edward Felten filed the challenge in order to present their . . . A team of academics asked a federal court Wednesday for permission to publicly reveal how they cracked an anti-piracy technology backed by the music industry. Princeton University researchers headed by professor Edward Felten filed the challenge in order to present their findings at a computer security conference in August. Felten had originally planned to present a paper disclosing how his team defeated a digital-music antipiracy measure at another conference in April, but bowed out after the recording industry threatened a lawsuit.

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