On Nov 16, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Russell Chapman wrote:
Kevin Street wrote:
Could we be witnessing the Hindenburg-style crash n' burn of the
DRM meme in
real time? It's hard to believe any consumers would just placidly
accept the
installation of DRM software on their machines after this.
I'd like to think that, but while the message is big news among the
tech crowd, the consumer masses out there don't understand the
concept of DRM, Trojan Horse etc - they just want to go to Wal-
mart, buy a CD and play it on their shiny new media centre PC.
The numbskullions who unwittingly give Sony (et al) permission to
hijack their shiny new computers don't -- and shouldn't have to --
know what DRM is, what a rootkit is, why it is dangerous to have
"Autoplay" turned on and so forth. The idea that Aunt Fanny should
have to worry that her copy of "G3 - Live in Tokyo" is going to do
anything other than appropriately shred the speakers on her computer
is ludicrous.
No, Kevin, what I think we're witnessing is an arms race, and the
other guys just found out that mere tactical nukes aren't strong enough.
Dave
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