Presidential Election Voting Machines Violate Copyrights, Suit Claims
Election systems made by a Diebold subsidiary infringe on a widely used printing software tool, according to the court
action.
By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek
November 4, 2008 11:09 AM
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A California software company has filed a lawsuit against Diebold and its subsidiary, Premier Election Solutions,
claiming that PES' electronic voting machines violate its copyrights.
Artifex Software, of San Rafael, Calif., claims that PES systems infringe on its copyrighted Ghostscript PDF
interpretation and printing software. Artifex claims PES is using Ghostscript in its electronic election systems even
though Diebold and PES "have not been granted a license to modify, copy, or distribute any of Artifex's copyrighted
works," Artifex claims in court papers filed late last month in U.S. District Court for Northern California.
PES voting machines are widely used in state and federal elections -- including Tuesday's presidential contest. More
than 24,000 PES optical scanning machines were used in the 2006 federal elections in Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi,
Utah, and other states, according to the company's Web site.
The suit does not specify how PES is allegedly using Ghostscript, but presumably it's to create print outs of electronic
voting records.
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