Edward Felten
Edward Felten
Edward William Feltenis a Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. On November 4, 2010, he was named the Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission, a position he officially assumed January 3, 2011. On May 11, 2015, he was named the Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth25 March 1963
CountryUnited States of America
explorer internet procedure remove windows
procedure to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 98.
community operate people scientific
People don't know what they can say and what they can write, ... The scientific community can't operate that way.
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Microsoft could have produced a version of Windows 98 without Web browsing in a way that did not adversely affect the non-Web browsing features of Windows 98.
buying
If they are buying into this technology, they have a right to know if it actually works,
lay paper
The paper would be unintelligible to a lay person,
adapt concern design harder including lock parts protect tendency
There is a concern that there is a tendency to lock down parts of the design to protect the flanks of the copy-protection system. That makes it harder for everyone, including Microsoft, to adapt to new uses.
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It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates, ... A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.
giving pirate ordinary
It's abundantly clear by now that no DRM system can stop serious pirates. A DRM system that stops serious pirates, and simultaneously gives broad leeway to ordinary users, is even harder to imagine.
worry levels may
And the user may have a higher comfort level deciding what information to provide rather than worrying about what inferences might be made from what they've gathered.
stress cost pressure
Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.
pay able copying
Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it?
thinking problem protection
I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved.
creativity technology decision
In making policy designed with copyright in mind, you end up making decisions about whether other important technologies, such as privacy-enhancing or file-search technologies, should be encouraged or discouraged. A collision is happening between creativity and protecting IP.
people innovation trying
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.