IP: a talk by Ed Felten at Stanford

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Reading Between the Lines: Lessons from the SDMI
> Challenge and itsAftermath
>
> Prof. Edward Felten, Dept of Computer Science
> Princeton University
>
> Date Thursday, May 17
> Time: 2:15 - 4:00
> Location: Math 380-380
> Stanford Univ.
>
> The music industry has proposed a range of "security
> technologies" designed to prevent the unauthorized
> copying of recorded music.  Recently a group of researchers,
> including the speaker Prof. Edward Felten, was forced to
> withdraw from publication a paper analyzing several of these
> technologies, due to threats of litigation by the music industry.
> This talk will discuss what happened:
>   - the status of anti-copying technology,
>   - how the music industry is trying to prevent copying
>   - an overview of the technical analysis
>   - how and why the authors were threatened,
>   - and the effect of the Digital Millennium Copyright
>     Act on computer security researchers.
>
>
> DIRECTIONS:
> You can locate the building by going to
> http://www.stanford.edu/home/map/search_map.html
> and clicking on Bldg 380 Mathematics in the list of
> Academic and Administrative Buildings.  Parking info
> can be found at http://www-facilities.stanford.edu/maps/download/.
> Please allow extra time for parking.



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