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

[waste] Really! 2003-11-19
Armin

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 breaking the cipher or being given the key.

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