- Viodentia
Viodentia (sometimes written with a
lowercase v) is a pseudonym used by the creator of FairUse4WM, a program that breaks copy protection technology used by popular music download sites such as Rhapsody,Yahoo! Music , and Napster. [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/26/microsoft-sues-viodenta-for-copyright-infringement/ Microsoft sues Viodentia for copyright infringement] , by Cyrus Farivar, "Engadget " 26 September 2006]According to an interview [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/25/the-engadget-interview-viodentia-creator-of-fairuse4wm/ The Engadget Interview: Viodentia, creator of FairUse4WM] , by Ryan Block, "Engadget" 25 September 2006] published by the
weblog Engadget , Viodentia does not live in theUnited States .Lawsuit
On 22 September 2006,
Microsoft filed a federal lawsuit against "John Doe s 1-10a/k/a "viodentia", hoping to identify the person or persons. An online post by Viodentia contains an implicit defense against Microsoft's allegations ofcopyright infringement :"FairUse4WM has been my own creation, and has never involved Microsoft source code. I link with Microsoft's static libraries provided with the compiler and various platform SDK files." [http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=880475#post880475 New version 1.3] , by viodentia, "Doom9's Forum", 27 September 2006, 07:27]
Unable to identify or locate Viodentia, Microsoft dropped the lawsuit
without prejudice in 2007. [http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/04/10/microsoft-drops-lawsuit-against-fairuse4wm-creator Microsoft drops lawsuit against FairUse4WM creator] , by Joel Hruska, "Ars Technica " 10 April 2007]References
External links
* [http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=114916 FairUse4WM – a WM/DRM removal program] , a thread at "Doom9's Forum" started by Viodentia and containing a number of comments from them
* [http://cryptome.org/ms-v-does.htm Microsoft vs John Does 1-10 FairUse4WM Court Filings] atCryptome
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