Able Quote by Edward Felten

“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?”

Edward Felten

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Able Consumers Copying Enough Given Never Pay System Use Willing

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