On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 11:36 +0100, Ian Betteridge wrote: > On 26/06/07, David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:00 +0100, Ian Betteridge wrote: > > > I happen to think you're completely wrong, on pretty much every > > > count, > > > > So you think that DRM actually _works_ for its (supposedly) intended > > purpose, and prevents criminals from copying content? > > As I said, David, I'm not going to discuss it here. If you want to > discuss it, post your position on a blog, let me know where it is, and > we'll talk about it. Discussing this kind of stuff on a technical list > is inappropriate, and just ends up with a lot of annoying posturing.
I don't think it's particularly off-topic at all. We're talking about a technical measure which gratuitously prevents the kind of development and collaboration which I thought this list was supposed to promote and encourage. I say 'gratuitously' because I don't think _anyone_ has seriously claimed that DRM actually works for its intended purpose. We all know it doesn't -- that it's just snake oil which the BBC are disingenuously using to fool rightsholders into _thinking_ that something has been done about the perceived 'problem' of illegal copying. There's been strange noises made about finding a business model which 'works without DRM'. Now that I _do_ think is a complete non-sequitur. We already _have_ a business model which works without DRM. DRM doesn't affect the business model; mostly because the major threat to the business model isn't actually prevented by DRM anyway. The business model didn't fail when the RIAA failed to ban video recorders. It didn't fail when CSS was cracked and subsequently ruled 'ineffective' and thus exempt from the EU-DMCA measures. I don't think we have to worry very much about it now, either. And even if we _do_ worry, DRM isn't the answer. But if you insist, try http://advogato.org/article/918.html -- dwmw2 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
