Using Palladium to Secure P2P Networks

user555 writes "The RIAA and MPAA have seen Palladium as a way to prevent piracy. But this article argues that ironically Palladium may actually make P2P piracy more widespread (PDF). They argue that the security features of Palladium could be used to create P2P networks that are more resistant to attacks from content owners."

Comments

Yeah, right.

[user no. 590291]

Looks to me like a cleverly planted story to attempt to stem the tide of ill-will toward the "Next Generation Secure Computing Base," a.k.a. "the lockdown technology formerly known as Palladium."

Faulty assumptions:

[Pituritus Ani]

That those producing the locked down machines won't:

• have the ability to impersonate any Pd machine.
• cooperate with the *AA by either sharing that ability or acting on their behalf to intervene in the P2P networks

That, and the authors give away their toadyism to the "content industries" by referring to P2P networks as "peer to peer pirate networks," as if they have no possible legitimate use save to board ships on the high seas, murder the crew, and plunder the vessels.

Re:Conclusion

[(54)T-Dub]

You would like this article describing how the RIAA is attempting to battle the laws of economics.