Diebold loses DMCA lawsuit
Correspondent:: modemac@modemac.com (Modemac)
Date: 1 Oct 2004 13:17:11 -0700
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http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65173,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
"Students who sued Diebold Election Systems won their case against the
voting machine maker on Thursday after a judge ruled that the company
had misused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and ordered the
company to pay damages and fees. Lawyers for the students call the
move a victory for free speech.
"A judge for the California district court ruled that the company
knowingly misrepresented that the students had infringed the company's
copyright and ordered the company to pay damages and fees to two
students and a nonprofit internet service provider, Online Policy
Group."
Diebold is the maker of the touch-screen electronic voting machines
that have gotten so many people's britches knotted.