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. Edward Felten collisioncopyrightcreativity share on social
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things. Edward Felten innovationlotpeople Change image and share on social
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 consumercopyhappy share on social
Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward. Edward Felten atmospherechoosecompetitive Change image and share on social
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 of actual copyright infringement is the right move. Edward Felten actualcopyrightdefinition share on social
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. Edward Felten adventcopycost share on social
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 about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation. Edward Felten conversationdangerousdiscussion share on social
Network operators need reasonable leeway to manage their networks. Edward Felten leewaymanagenetwork Change image and share on social
I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved. Edward Felten compactcopydisc Change image and share on social
The problem - when you cast your net that wide - is you inevitably catch something you don't want to catch. Edward Felten castcatchinevitably Change image and share on social
