Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system. Yow! If this solidifies into a court battle it could present the first amendment question that the Felton case nearly presented. However, I think there are a number of technicalities here that will prevent this case from making it into a courtroom. Security warning draws DMCA threat - Tech News - CNET.com | 
