Federal Judge Throws Out Gag Order Against Boston Students in Subway Case (Wired)
Wired covers the lifting of an injunction against three MIT students regarding their research into Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) security. The ruling comes just a tad late for the students to give their planned talk at DEFCON, but it does recognize some important legal points. "
District Judge O'Toole, in vacating the restraining order this morning, essentially ruled that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act does not apply to speech and that the MBTA had failed to supply sufficient proof to merit other claims with regard to the statute, to merit a restraining order or preliminary injunction." The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) represented the students, so updates should be available soon at its website.