******** Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 12:18:37 -0700 From: Barbara Simons <simonsat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: a talk by Ed Felten at Stanford Declan, Would you please post this to your list. Thanks. Barbara ================================== PLEASE CIRCULATE 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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