I am not concerned about presenting this paper on this particular day.
Edward Felten
Procedure to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 98.
internet windows
Microsoft could have produced a version of Windows 98 without Web browsing in a way that did not adversely affect the non-Web browsing features of Windows 98.
windows
The paper would be unintelligible to a lay person
person paper
We are not going to change the weaknesses in the technology by publishing the paper,.. The technology is weak. It would be widely defeated, quickly.
technology change publishing paper weak
If they are buying into this technology, they have a right to know if it actually works
technology works
People don't know what they can say and what they can write,.. The scientific community can't operate that way.
community people write
It is normal for these types of papers to be presented, which discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the technologies.
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day paper
There is a concern that there is a tendency to lock down parts of the design to protect the flanks of the copy-protection system. That makes it harder for everyone, including Microsoft, to adapt to new uses.
design system concern protect
It is not legitimate to undermine the user's desire to secure their own computer. I don't think they should be hiding files and programs and registry entries from the system administrator, ever.
system desire hiding computer
Innovation happens because there are people out there doing and trying a lot of different things.
innovation people
The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.
results government
In making policy designed with copyright in mind, you end up making decisions about whether other important technologies, such as privacy-enhancing or file-search technologies, should be encouraged or discouraged. A collision is happening between creativity and protecting IP.
privacy mind theend
We're in a situation where the solutions that we have are not good enough. The way to improve anything is to have a discussion about its flaws. To understand what the one or two or three things are about it that would help fix it. The DMCA makes it dangerous to have that conversation.
help
The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.
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