A reminder: I'm going to be giving a talk on security and copyright at the ToorCon InfoSec conference in San Diego this Sunday at 11AM:
Security begins with asking the right question. Asking "how can we keep sharps off airplanes" leads to confiscation of nail-scissors; while asking "how can we keep terrorists from overpowering pilots" leads to reinforced cockpit doors. It's all in the question.
The copyright wars should be asking questions like, "How can we compensate artists?" and "How can we preserve the largest library the world has ever seen?" and "How can we promote Constitutional values like anonymity, due process, and free speech?" Instead, the copyright debate has been hijacked by people who seem to be asking questions like, "How can we alienate 60,000,000 American file-traders?" and "How can we destroy the American legal system with badly conceived laws, suits and lobbying?"
There are better questions — and better answers.
