Ask Prof. Felten About DMCA's Effects

Posted by Roblimo on Monday March 31, 2003 @05:02AM from the freedom-to-tinker dept.

Princeton Computer Science Professor Edward W. Felten has been mentioned and quoted frequently on Slashdot, usually about DMCA matters and, more recently, about new state laws that may make it illegal to use "unapproved" networking devices, VPNs or firewalls with your home or office Internet connection. Please avoid questions that can be answered by reading the pages linked to here or with a bit of Google research. We'll post Prof. Felten's answers to 10 of the highest-moderated questions as soon as he has time to answer them.

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Re:Hey, you're a teacher, right? by FortKnox · 2003-03-31 05:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You are waaay overreacting.
Given that the things we need to do in our jobs will be illegal in a couple of years

What exactly do you do at your job that will be illegal in a couple of years?

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