Some people have misread the Slashdot headline as implying that I had some involvement in writing the CD copy protection paper, or doing the research, or thinking up the idea. I did not play any of those roles.
It's a great paper, and Alex Halderman deserves all of the credit for it.
The original explanation of this, from Ed Felten and Alex Halderman, is at http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=942
For the record, Princeton University has not signed on to this program. Only the bookstore is involved, and it is not affiliated with the university.
Some people have misread the Slashdot headline as implying that I had some involvement in writing the CD copy protection paper, or doing the research, or thinking up the idea. I did not play any of those roles.
It's a great paper, and Alex Halderman deserves all of the credit for it.
Ed Felten
A rebuttal to Declan's article, from me (Ed Felten) and two others, is available on my site at http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com