A Quote by Edward Felten

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.

Edward Felten

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Edward Felten
American - Scientist
Born: March 25, 1963

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Brian Eno

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Alice Dreger

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Hubert Burda

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Lewis M. Branscomb

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