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DRM and Threat Analysis
miladus writes "A timely and concise intervention by Ed Felten
on the topic of DRM and the models used (or not used) to represent the
threats to defeat. In brief, 2 models, one based on the potential of
large scale redistribution of copyrighted files implying defeat of DRM
if one user succeeds in bringing file inquestion to P2P network; the
other, refers to the majority of users who would casually copy files.
The implications of the schematization are most interesting because
they explain some the logic behind the often confused and confusing
rhetoric of DRM advocates and the necessity for rational grounding for
technologies."
I couldn't bother going to the link, I'll just download it off kazaa later ;)
DRM is the digital equivalent of having to keep a drunk, rowdy police officer in your home 24/7 without a warrant. There are constitutional protections against that sort of thing.
Repeal the DMCA!
lol
Arrr Matey, ye scurvy sea-dog, hand over ye copied productivity tools before we force you to walk the plank. Yar, my peg leg is itching again.
But this article was fairly meaningless in its own right. Nothing new if offered just that the current solution doesn't work. Something we already know.
As a fellow security professional I find it puzzling to read this small, content-free, snippets found on the great ether. It helps to re-identify the issues at hand but does little to solve them. DRM is certainly an issue but it is time to stop complaining about it and offer real world solutions.
Me? I believe that copyright infringement is tatmount to terrorism and can only be addressed by regime change. I feel the only workable solution is the total elimination of the MIAA, RPAA and any other group involved in the creation, publication and distribution of copyrighted material. Also mandatory death sentences should be handed out to anyone who provides content.
Right now I have 3 squirrels in my pants.
Thank you for your support.
note to self:
/. at all times
1. stay logged into
2. get in an early post -- say something inane, yet remotely insightful
3. ???
4. post gets modded way up!
No wait, I could just log on to the artist's homepage and pay the $.50 directly to him/her/them!!!
At least they'd be getting twice what they are now, so why not?
All I want is a kind word, a warm bed and unlimited power.
Without DRM, one person buys TurboTax for $40 and copies it for 5 friends:
revenues: 1 x $40 = $40
losses due to piracy: 5 x $40 = $200
net: $40 - $200 = -$160
With DRM, the same person buys TaxCut and copies it for 5 friends:
revenues: $0
losses due to piracy: $0
net: $0
So by using DRM, Intuit saves $160.
I see you don't read /. that much. This is the site where RTFM became RTFA.
Who are you? The new #2 Who is #1? You are #617565. I am not a number, I am a free man! Muhahaha.
piracy - I am not on a ship in the carribean sea.
Well I am on a ship in the carribean so thank you so much for assuming I'm a pirate. Its that sort of random classification and assumption that assumes all people on boats in the carribean are pirates that leads to real problems.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
There can be no excuse for /.ers for not reading this article.
It is slashdotted, does that count?
Considering the complete content of many CD's today, the industry is already 90% there.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."