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. — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
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… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
And the user may have a higher comfort level deciding what information to provide rather than worrying about what inferences might be made from… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
The problem - when you cast your net that wide - is you inevitably catch something you don't want to catch. — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
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… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things. — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry.… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
Given a choice between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time. — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
Vigorous enforcement of copyrights themselves is an important part of the picture. But I don't think that expanding the legal definition of copyright outside… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
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,… — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services. — Edward Felten Copy Share Image
