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Suit threats over Princeton CD paper dropped
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- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:03:54 EDT
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Oct. 10, 2003, 5:26PM http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2150107 Houston Chronicle Suit threats over Princeton CD paper dropped Reuters News Service LOS ANGELES - A software company, citing academic freedom, has backed away from a threat to sue a Princeton student who published details on how to thwart its CD copy-protection technology. Peter Jacobs, the chief executive of SunnComm Technologies Inc. , told Reuters today the company disputed the conclusion by Princeton student Alex Halderman that its software was "irreparably flawed," but would not pursue the matter because it did not want to chill academic research. ***
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