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3G phones: Send Anywhere, But Not Anything

Posted by timothy on from the euphemism-nation dept.

glengyron writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting the success of an Australian company in developing Digital Rights Management for the next generation of mobile phones. Imagine if you could only forward email once, or not at all: these are the kind of restrictions being built into the next generaion of mobile phones. Read the article here. ODRL? Orwellian Digital Rights Language."

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  1. Hey, disney supports it! by lily+alairia · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Disney supports it, you better believe that I will. It must be secure and built with the customer's best interest at heart.I'm sure it will be ultra secure, and not rely on things like the DMCA to protect a poor security model, and support all conceivable forms of fair use.

  2. forward by coreyb · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one would be glad if forwarding were harder. I really could do without getting pseudo-religious right-wing pro-bomb-the-hell-out-of-country-X email from my grandparents that's more header than text.

  3. Actually... by ELCarlsson · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Imagine if you could only forward email once" Then I wouldn't have to deal with all those damn annoying chain e-mails.

    1. Re:Actually... by Pyrosophy · · Score: 5, Funny



      I don't know, think of all the money Microsoft would save not having to send checks to everyone who has forwarded their email.

  4. Take it a step further by eap · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish someone would offer a mobile phone package that had no messaging capability at all. Imagine how great it would be to not get bothered constantly. I would pay extra for such a service.

    1. Re:Take it a step further by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 2, Funny

      I have a phone like that. It has no call making ability, no call receiving ability, and no messenging of any kind. At first my freinds laughted at me, asking how much I payed for that brick, but they're just jealous that theirs are so small that they can fit between the seats of thier couch and weigh less than 10 pounds. The name of it is "Brick" and it only comes in a dark red color, but it's worth that small sacrifice for the privacy.

  5. I can see it now... by nickgrieve · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alice receives a memo from Bob, tries to forward it to Charles and the phone denies her. Alice then calls Charles and tells him she just got a memo form Bob at head office, tried to send it on but her phone would not let her, she then relays the contents verbally. Alice then calls Bob and tells him to get on to the communications guy, these new phones are a pain in the arse, can she have her old one back please.

    1. Re:I can see it now... by Whyaduck · · Score: 5, Funny

      Alice receives a note from Bob skewering Charles' new toupee. Alice is a two faced shit, so she tries to forward it to Charles. Bob had set rights on the email so that it can't be forwarded, and it can only be read once. Alice can't send the email, doesn't realize that she can only read it once, but tells Charles about the message anyway. When Alice tries to show Charles the email when they're both in the office the next day she looks like an idiot because she can't show it to him. Charles fires Alice and gives Bob her job. Voila, digital rights management has benefits for content consumers (who are also, on occasion, content producers).

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    2. Re:I can see it now... by nickgrieve · · Score: 3, Funny

      Alice gives Charles a blow job, gets promoted over Bobs head. :-)

  6. Great idea!!! by Wench · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cuts out all the chain letters and those lame jokes you get 17 times over; the ones with the >>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> markings...

    (Yah, so there might be some teeny weeny unwanted side effects. Whatever.)

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  7. Re:Disney has something to teach RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Subject: FW:Disney has something to teach RIAA
    To: everyone@riaa.org

    *Error*
    This message was not approved to be forwarded.

    *ODRL v1.1*

  8. OpenIPMP by merriam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Similarly, I find myself involuntarily transposing OpenIPMP into a form that is easier to pronounce.

  9. Mickey Mouse can't.. by AceM2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    but what about Gadget from Rescue Rangers? Come on.. You know you had a crush on her when you were a kid..

  10. They're not getting rid of e-mail forwarding by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are actually adding a feature called "e-mail backwarding". It's like e-mail forwarding, only the complete opposite. Instead of being limited to sending the message to anyone, you now have the full ability to send the message to no one.

    Once you learn the quirky syntax of ODRL this will all make sense.

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