Episode 95: Copyright Insanity sends E-Waste Recycler to Prison and IoT Inspector finds Insecure Things

In this episode of The Security Ledger podcast (#95): has the Digital Millennium Copyright Act taken us over a bridge too far? We talk with two experts about the case of Eric Lundgren, a celebrated e-waste recycler who has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $50,000 for DMCA violations. Also: we speak with one of the Ivy League students who designed IoT Inspector, software that can analyze your home network for vulnerable devices. Is Eric Lundgren’s Case the Bridge Too Far for the DMCA? When celebrated electronics recycler Eric Lundgren was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $50,000 last month for distributing Microsoft Windows “restore disks” to extend the lives of recycled computers, the most common reaction in the mainstream media was “how could this happen?” “All too easily,” has been the answer of digital rights- and legal activists. Indeed, the ruling by The U.S. […] The post Episode 95: Copyright Insanity sends E-Waste Recycler to Prison and IoT Inspector finds Insecure Things appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts.