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The Cyber World Comes of Age |
Abstract:
In the physical "real" world, if an individual violates another person’s property rights, society acts to assist in apprehending and holding the perpetrator responsible. In the cyber world, it is possible to violate the rights of another without accountability. There seems to be a commonly-held belief in cyberspace that the responsibility of cyber "society" is to the perpetrator to "protect his privacy" and, thus, become what in the physical world would be termed an accomplice.
How can cyber society grow past its "Wild West" phase to become the kind of place where we would choose to live in the real world—an environment that balances everyone’s rights, including privacy, with personal responsibility and accountability? |
Biography
Christopher J. Cookson is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer for Warner Bros. He oversees the operation of the Technical Operations Division, which includes Worldwide Television Distribution Services, Film Distribution and Mastering Operations, Preservations/Archiving, Digital Compression Operations, The WB Television Network Broadcast Operations and Warner Bros. New Technology. The division is responsible for all video duplication distribution, video mastering, preservation/archiving and restoration of film and tape for the Company’s motion picture and television divisions. He reports to Kevin Tsujihara, Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Strategy.
Mr. Cookson assumed the title of Chief Technology Officer in July, 1999, having served as Executive Vice President of Technical Operations since 1997. He is currently engaged in defining the business, technical and legal standards for the secure digital distribution of intellectual property and related copyright issues. He led the transition from traditional videotape to modern architectures based on the manipulation and distribution of digital files representing motion picture and television content. Further, he was instrumental in the development and launch of DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and The WB100+ Network, a new technology architecture for delivery of The WB Television Network.
Mr. Cookson joined Warner Bros. in 1992 from CBS in New York where he was Vice President and General Manager, Operations and Engineering for the CBS Television Network. Prior to that, he spent ten years at the ABC Television Network in a variety of capacities, including a 1984 stint as Director of ABC TV’s Olympics Broadcast Centers for which he won an Emmy.
Mr. Cookson is a fellow of The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a member of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (and served as ATAS Chairman of the Engineering Awards Committee from 1995-1997) and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He holds more than 30 U.S. patents and has been awarded two Emmys.
Mr. Cookson holds a BSE degree and an MBA from Arizona State University.
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