Microsoft censors Newsweek - and new version of TCPA FAQ

[R. A. Hettinga]

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Status:  U
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:15:22 -0700
To: cypherpunks at lne.com
From: John Young <jya at pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Microsoft censors Newsweek - and new version of TCPA FAQ
Sender: owner-cypherpunks at lne.com

We failed to save a copy of Steven Levy's Palladium article in Newsweek
and online at MSNBC, now withdrawn by MSNBC. We can find no copy
online. Whoever save a copy: we would like to receive it for publication to
assure its continued availability.

A Microsoft programmer, John DeTreville, named in the alleged
"Palladium" patent published on Cryptome, has written us
(copy below) to deny the ms-drm-os patent is Palladium -- which
he claims is based on another patent or several of them. We would
appreciate leads on which patent or patents he is referring to.

Thanks.

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Subject: Correction to cryptome.org
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:07:45 -0700
From: "John DeTreville" <johndetr at microsoft.com>
To: <jya at pipeline.com>

Are you a good contact person for the information on the Microsoft
DRM patent (6,330,670) on cryptome.org?

The pages linked from http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm say that
the authors of this patent (England, DeTreville, and Lampson) were
identified by Newsweek as Palladium programmers.

I can reliably state that I (DeTreville) am not a Palladium programmer,
and neither is Butler Lampson.

I believe that the Newsweek article was referring to a different patent.
I'm sure that the Palladium participants jointly hold a significant number
of important patents in the field of computer security.

Cheers,

John

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John's message has been added to the file at:

  http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm

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