On 12/06/07, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DRM is very simple to implement, simple put an XML header at the front
of the media file detailing what can or can not be done with content.
Job Done.
So it can be bypassed but then all software implemented DRM has that
flaw there is nothing that can be done about it feasibly. (unless you
are going to convince Intel and AMD to change their entire chip design
to add a feature none of their customers want, I'll wait while they
laugh you out of their office).
Oh, this trivial solution fits in very well indeed with the 'educate the masses'
and make them feel bad about violating licenses.
Of course if you politely tell them "you can't do an error-correcting copy of
that scratched DVD that your 3 year old tried to insert into the plant pot.
Please buy (yet) another original". Then I suspect they'll tell you to piss off.
If however you say "making a copy of this DVD for your own use (eg in case of
damage) is OK but it is wrong to give it away or sell it. Please don't do that."
Then you are actually treating the consumer as a reasonable person.
For *THE VAST MAJORITY OF LAW ABIDING PEOPLE*, which is more likely to work?
OK, you're right - well, which is more likely to work with a more balanced
economic model?
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