A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Novell owns the Unix copyrights, and not SCO. In the 7-year court battle, SCO claimed that copyrights transferred from their predecessor, the Santa Cruz Operation, to them. In the court ruling, the judge said that the copyrights never transferred to the Santa Cruz Operation in the first place. Tuesday's ruling was a key victory for IBM, who would have faced a multibillion dollar lawsuit had SCO won, and for Linux users, who could have been subject to fees if SCO had gotten the copyrights. SCO's open source enemies will be glad to know that the long trial has depleted the company's resources.l They are currently under bankruptcy court protection and this recent legal defeat could be the final nail in the coffin. US Cybersecurity Act "Kill Switch" Removal Questioned
In August, the US Cybersecurity Bill was met with harsh criticicsm because it allowed the President to shut down internet traffic by seizing private networks. The new draft, which passed last week, has removed the explicit "kill switch" language from the bill, but Donny Shaw's blog has led many to believe that the President would still possess "kill switch" power under the new bill. Shaw says that the language is still vague, and does not limit what the President can do in an "emergency response and restoration." This is a plan (replacing the "kill switch") that the President would develop by collaborating with government agencies and private industries. A cybersecurity emergency response may be declared "in the event of an immediate threat to strategic national interests involving compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems." This seems to indicate that the President would only be able to declare an emergency if there were a cyber threat to US critical systems. It's unlikely that we'll see the government shutting down newspapers or any other subversive websites anytime soon. Read more: DZone
In August, the US Cybersecurity Bill was met with harsh criticicsm because it allowed the President to shut down internet traffic by seizing private networks. The new draft, which passed last week, has removed the explicit "kill switch" language from the bill, but Donny Shaw's blog has led many to believe that the President would still possess "kill switch" power under the new bill. Shaw says that the language is still vague, and does not limit what the President can do in an "emergency response and restoration." This is a plan (replacing the "kill switch") that the President would develop by collaborating with government agencies and private industries. A cybersecurity emergency response may be declared "in the event of an immediate threat to strategic national interests involving compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information systems." This seems to indicate that the President would only be able to declare an emergency if there were a cyber threat to US critical systems. It's unlikely that we'll see the government shutting down newspapers or any other subversive websites anytime soon. Read more: DZone
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