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Ask Ed Felten About Watermarking Analysis And More
Dr. Edward Felten is in a funny position -- or perhaps not so funny. He's the Princeton researcher who took up the challenge posed by the music industry to find flaws in the SMDI watermarking scheme, but didn't enter into the 'no-telling' bargain (here's the click-through agreement [pdf]) which would have made him eligible for a reward, so wasn't bound by non-disclosure terms. When a scheduled academic presentation on the weaknesses [pdf] that he and his colleages found in SDMI became the object of lawsuit threats from the RIAA, and caused him to cancel the planned presentation, Felten decided to turn the tables, and in cooperation with the EFF, sue them instead, for interfering with his scholarly research. Though he did eventually get to present his research, the legal action is still going. Dr. Felten is at a hearing today in Trenton, NJ, but he's agreed to answer questions from Slashdot readers. Please confine your questions carefully (one per post), and we'll pass the highest-moderated ones on for his answers.
Or one of it's alternatives?
If you win your lawsuit, what type of precedent will it set? Will it encourage others to sue to regain their freedom of speech? Was this idea something you thought about when you were deciding upon filing charges?
God is real unless declared integer
There is no such thing as moral feasability. Moral justifiability perhaps.
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But this guy is a scientist, not a philosipher or priest
Don't you think Flanders is a bad football coach?
Yes, folks, I am indeed on a roll.
I'll keep the bad jokes coming!
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
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How do I get rid of those water marks on ceilings? i think they are coming from pipes or a tank in the roof. I have tried painting over them, but it doesn't work (the water causes the paint to run). Also, i have hired a plumber to check for leaks but he found none, and the marks continue to appear. Anyway, What are your views on water marking bank notes? i don't know how it works in America, but here we have water marks on our money to tell if its been faked. Is this a useless technology? (seeing as anyone who had the correct machine could also fake the money with a water mark). Also, i heard someone over there was in court because they found out how to fake a watermark, and they wanted to tell everyone, but the company who made them said they couldn't. Is this a restriction of free speech? isn't that protected under the first amendment? isn't the first amendment some sacred law that signified everything your country was based on and couldn't be taken away by anyone no matter how rich or powerful they were?
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Can Wil Wheaton be in your paper?