On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 22:31 +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] I'm a bit uncomfortable with > > talks about the GPLv3 technological measures preventions being > > about DRM in general. > > I've hit this problem too. We need a word for bad DRM. I think this was > RMS's inspiration for coining "tivoisation" but I haven't made up my mind > yet on that term.
FWIW, I know that in DRM consultations there are always radio stations or similar who come out in support of DRM because it enables them to keep track of the royalties etc. - I don't know how much difference it does make to them, but it does sound like they're saving themselves a small world of pain. I'm not sure there is a word for 'bad DRM' - I don't think technology is inherently good or bad. It's a lot like trusted computing - the TC chip in my laptop is entirely useful from a security point of view, but could be used against me if I ran the wrong software. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
