Another problem is that you need 'buy-in' from the media publishers (record labels, Hollywood etc) They seem more intend on producing proprietry DRM systems that they enforce with the draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Kerry. > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2001 3:04 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: UoC Linux Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: DRM > > > David J Porter wrote: > > > > Does anyone know of any efforts to construct a transparent > (i.e. Open > > Source / Royalty Free) Digital Rights Management system? > > Is it even possible to construct one? > > In the end, you are just trying to control a stream of bits. > > At some point those bits have to be interpreted in their intended > form (music/page of a book/image/whatever). You only need one > hacker (or cracker, if you prefer) to intercept the intepretation > (or decoding) of the bits and the information is "liberated". > > This is a major "problem area" in the future, as more and more > valuable stuff becomes digital. I do not see any feasible > solution. > > I'm not really that knowledgable about it, so feel free to enlighten > me... > > Cheers, > -- > Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Computer Science, |Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7859 > University of Canterbury, |Fax: +64 3 364 2569 > Private Bag 4800, |http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~cdc > Christchurch, New Zealand. | >
