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That argument doesn't hold up. If it did security researchers who publish findings in commercial products would all have been sued by now. Many countries have f
by Canada 9y ago
That argument doesn't hold up. If it did security researchers who publish findings in commercial products would all have been sued by now. Many countries have fair use exemptions to prevent copyright holders from engaging in the kind of abuse you describe.
- screwt 9y agoYes - this does happen. [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/dutch-chipmaker-sues-to-silence-security-researchers/ https://www.cnet.com/news/dutch-chipmaker-sues-to-silence-se... [2] http://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/german-software-company-threatens-security-researcher-with-lawsuit http://www.eweek.com/blogs/security-watch/german-software-co... [3] http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11259 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11259 [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=security+researcher+sued&t=ffsb&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=security+researcher+sued&t=ffsb&ia...
- Canada 9y agoYeah, companies sometimes bully and intimidate, but all those links point at baseless lawsuits that didn't legally succeed.
- chii 9y ago> If it did security researchers who publish findings in commercial products would all have been sued by now. they have the option - and some chose not to sue for either PR reasons and/or unlikely to recoupe anything from a researcher anyway, so rather not spend the cost.