Garage door DMCA case dismissed

Garage door DMCA case dismissed
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-14

A federal judge in Illinois this week ruled that the maker of a universal garage door remote didn't violate the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, in a closely watched case that offers hope to critics of the controversial copyright law.

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Garage door DMCA case dismissed 2003-11-17
Anonymous

Right outcome, wrong reason.

When I first heard about this case, I had trouble figuring out how the DMCA would apply.

Then after reading some arguments, I became scared. One argument stated that the copyrighted material in digital form was the programming of the opener. OK. Access to that mate...

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[waste] Really! 2003-11-19
Armin

I can't believe that they lawyer's name is Fink.

> Chamberlain attorney Karl Fink ...

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What about Keeloq's patents? 2003-11-20
Roger

This implementation sounds suspiciously similar to Keeloq's patented unidirectional resynchronization technique, but missing the key part that make it secure; namely, the counter part of the message is encrypted, so an eavesdropper cannot deduce two values that are one increment apart without breaki...

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