In a major policy reversal, Diebold stated Monday that it plans to retract the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices it has filed against ISPs that have posted copies of e-mail correspondance relating to its touch-screen voting machines.
In addition, the firm said it would not sue the people who posted the correspondance.
Presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) recently asked the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to investigate Diebold’s DMCA takedown notices; he has accused Diebold of abusing the DMCA by using the copyright argument to supress speech.
Links: cNet (1 Dec); Seattle PI (AP – 1 Dec); Rep. Dennis Kucinich; WiredPen (25 Nov); WiredPen (19 Nov)
