Quotes by Cindy Cohn

“We are pretty happy with the tenor of the questions asked.”

“We want them to pledge not to take action against the paper and all future papers as well, ... Its not appropriate for scientists to have to ask the industry for permission to present research.”

“Music fans shouldnt have to install potentially dangerous, privacy intrusive software on their computers just to listen to the music theyve legitimately purchased.”

“I think thats creepy, and most people think thats creepy, and its not disclosed.”

“The proposed settlement will provide significant benefits for consumers who bought the flawed CDs. Under the terms, those consumers will get what they thought they were buying -- music that will play on their computers without restriction or security risk.”

“We hope this settlement will make a lot of content holders, especially record companies, think twice about going down a similar road. Technology that is effective at stopping copying will always run the risk of exposing computers to hackers.”

“Chevron used the Nigerian military as their security force and that resulted in gross human rights violations.”

“We think its a good settlement for people who bought the discs.”

“The DMCA set up a system where, essentially, the government outsourced censorship of science,”

“[The Electronic Frontier Foundation said it tried to persuade Sony to take the offending software off the discs.] We negotiated with them, ... and they agreed to do a lot of things. But they left undone a lot of things they said they wouldnt do.”