The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholars Rally to Online Magazine's Defense Over Publishing Software Code

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

A judge's decision to stop an online magazine from publishing a software code that decrypts digital data has angered many in academe. A diverse group of law professors, computer scientists, and library groups filed court documents last month in support of the publisher, arguing that the judge's ruling violates the First Amendment...

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