title Blackboard and Me+Billy
user virgil
ip 128.61.105.188
vol 1
lock ********

Every once in a while someone asks me about my relationship with
/link http://www.blackboard.com Blackboard Inc.
Mr. Hoffman nor I are allowed to talk about this much, so I made this page to provide links to publicly available documentation related to our suit with Blackboard.  If you're a journalist, the references on this page will probably answer your questions.

/box(
/list( -num
* Billy's original article
/link http://cryptome.org/campuswide.txt "Campuswide Wide Open"
in
/link http://www.2600.com/ 2600 Magazine.
* /link http://cryptome.org/faq-campuswide.txt Billy's FAQ about CampusWide
* /link 71+Blackboard_Restr_Order.pdf The temporary restraining order Billy and I received
* The letter Billy and I received accompanying the temporary restraining order
/link /71.sizes.@BBletter-p1.jpg?size1=XL page1
/link /71.sizes.@BBletter-p2.jpg?size1=XL page2
* /link 71+Blackboard_Complaint.pdf The formal legal complaint against us
* We settled out of court.
/link http://virgil.gr/71+sttlment_agree.pdf Blackboard's settlement announcement.
/list)
/box)

/b * Various useful links:
/link http://yak.net/re-virgil.html Concering Acidus, Virgil, and Blackboard

/b Some media coverage:
/list(
* http://www.chillingeffects.org/weather.cgi?WeatherID=383
* http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2003/04/15/acidus/
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/04/15/dmca_threats_gag_security_researchers/
* http://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-seven-years-under-dmca
* http://www.cr80news.com/2003/04/16/blackboard-statement-on-client-system-security?tag=Social_Issues
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/15/student_hackers_we_didnt_defeat/
* http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-15-hackers-suit_x.htm
/list)