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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 07:55 PM
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Electronic voting firm drops legal case
Dec. 1, 2003 | SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting.

A Diebold spokesman promised in a conference call Monday with U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel and attorneys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation that it would not sue dozens of students, computer scientists and ISP operators who received cease-and-desist letters from August to October.

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/12/01/diebold/index.html
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:00 PM
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1. EXcellent!
Bravo!
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Myra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 05:47 AM
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10. Dover, I know this is off topic, but it's important...
Why are you using a three stooges picture without Curly???
Why why why?!
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:23 PM
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2. Did Diebold find out it's losing the PR war?
and calling too much attention to it's crappy software?
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:38 PM
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5. Spot on- People were starting to ask, 'What are they hiding?'
Bad day for Diebold- the EFF is going to seek damages and Attorney's fees.

Of course you have to ask yourself- what could the EFF have found out during the discovery process?
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jamesinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:24 PM
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3. Maybe they dropped it because they had no case
Maybe they dropped it because it would expose their dirty little secrets in a court. Maybe they dropped it because they do not want to draw attention to the cause, just let it ride off into the sunset. I would be interested in knowing why they dropped it.
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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 12:01 AM
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8. According to one of the EFF staff
who was at the arguments, Diebold's case just didn't have what it needed to win. She said NObody was on Diebold's side.

Also: coincidence or no, D Kucinich posted the link to the Diebold memos on his government website on a Thursday, and called for a Judiciary Committee meeting on it on a Monday, and it was that same Monday that Diebold said it was withdrawing its cease and desist letters.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:26 PM
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4. Somebody Sue Diebold!!
plllleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssssssssssseee!!!!!
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sujan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:38 PM
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6. ripe for class action
if the facts are there.
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 08:39 PM
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7. Didn't you read the article?
Edited on Mon Dec-01-03 08:39 PM by Patriot_Spear
The EFF is going to seek damages under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 05:34 AM
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9. So in other words
Diebold didn't have a case. Yahoo.

I knew those cease and desist letters were worth less than a roll of toilet paper. Glad to see they didn't get away with their intimidation.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 06:40 AM
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11. Ahhh... A roll of toilet paper
can be quite valuable in the correct circumstances. :hi:
It's the used stuff that doesn't have much value.
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dusty64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 08:03 AM
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12. Good news, this
was a case completely without merit. diebold is looking more foolish by the day, yet they've done a great job of bribing/brainwashing a large number of election officials who now appear to work for them instead of the People.
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 10:03 AM
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13. Here is the yahoo take on it
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031202/ap_on_hi_te/electronic_voting_lawsuit
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 03:42 PM
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14. Kick
*
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creativelcro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 04:12 PM
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15. why was the thread David initiated locked ?
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creativelcro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 04:13 PM
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16. Ah, duplicate...
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 04:48 PM
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17. Hats off to the BBV activists and all patriots who helped!


:toast:

http://www.blackboxvoting.com/

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

http://www.house.gov/kucinich/issues/voting.htm

http://www.plan9.org/



And now, to dip my toe into the fresh waters of freedom:

"Over that time I have become increasingly concerned about the apparent lack of concern over the practice of writing contracts to provide products and services which do not exist and then attempting to build these items on an unreasonable timetable with no written plan, little to no time for testing, and minimal resources. It also seems to be an accepted practice to exaggerate our progress and functionality to our customers and ourselves then make excuses at delivery time when these products and services do not meet expectations."

Brian Clubb Resignation Letter

:evilgrin:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-02-03 04:56 PM
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18. YAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
:-)
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