Felten Will Present SDMI Research At USENIX

iamblades writes: "Edward Felten is scheduled to present his research papers on SDMI on Wednesday at the annual USENIX security conference. Apparently the RIAA backed off their harrassment, which makes sense, as SDMI is almost completely dead already." And a Semi-Anonymous Coward writes: "Despite the RIAA's attempts to silence the Princeton Professor and his students, USENIX will broadcast the SDMI Crack Live via the web. The broadcast will be available for the world here along with a discussion concerning your Freedom."

Comments

Oh well...

[Tom7]

That's too bad. It was better when the RIAA didn't know how to pick its battles -- they would've lost serious points if this had gone to court.

Is Felten planning a suit for harassment?

This is not a victory

[Jailbrekr]

First, the RIAA used "us" (I am using that term loosely, as I am not a programmer) to crack SDMI, and will use the work done by "us" to come up with a more secure encryption scheme.

Second, they *were* successful in delaying the release of the SDMI crack long enough where it is no longer relevant.

The only "good thing"(tm) that really happened was we were able to embarrass the RIAA a bit. Mind you, they are embarrassing themselves on a constant basis, and laughing all the way to the bank.

This is not a victory. Far from it.....

Professor Edward W. Felten...

[Balinares]

This guy is such an interesting person. Did other people also notice he was a key element in the DOJ vs Microsoft case? You know, this guy may be, in his own inconspicuous style, one of the best things happening to us as of late. Let's not lose trace of him.