* @ 15/10/06 05:51:02 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I imagine this drm effort, if it such, will fail just like all the > >others. > > Which DRM failures do you have in mind? iPod? Macrovision, which you > reference later as a failure and yet is shipped in every video device in > the US? Or maybe Windows Trusted Computing? Too early to say if that > will be a failure or not, but it sure will be a pain in the neck. > > DRM is a technical failure because what they're trying to do is
And that is what I meant. > technically impossible. But DRM is a business success and, alas, a > technical impediment that we are increasingly subject to with digital > video and audio. Even stupid completely compromised DRM like DVD copy > protection is still deployed widely making things expensive for device > manufacturers and users. You can't dismiss DRM. I can personally, as I'm sure I'll be able to get around it. I also pointed out the economic imperative. > We're at the beginning of the development of some amazing > location-specific data and services. My biggest fear is that these > businesses are going to be built where their entire business model is > "we have the only source of data and we protect it with all the DRM we > can muster". If that happens, the result will be that a lot of > interesting legitimate businesses will be impeded and we'll be left > having to steal data and use modchips to do powerful things with You mean infringe. > geographic data. Well, by this stage I'm sure openstreetmap or similar will have comparable or better data for most use cases... have fun, SteveC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asklater.com/steve/ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
