Episode 99: Are we criminalizing reuse? An Exclusive Interview with Eric Lundgren

In this week’s episode of The Security Ledger Podcast (#99), we bring you an exclusive interview with Eric Lundgren, the celebrated entrepreneur who has helped revolutionize the recycling of electronic waste through his company IT Asset Partners, but who will soon start serving a 13 month jail sentence for copyright infringement for distributing Microsoft Windows “restore CDs.” Together, we wonder if The Internet of Things is leading us into a future in which giant software companies and thing makers use copyright law and the courts to prosecute non-sanctioned use of their technology. In a matter of two weeks, Eric Lundgren will be heading off to federal prison for a period of between 13 and 15 months. His crime? Selling -for a nominal fee- so-called “restore disks” containing versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system to accompany PCs and laptops that he refurbished and restored. Never mind that the software he was […] The post Episode 99: Are we criminalizing reuse? An Exclusive Interview with Eric Lundgren appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts.