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Sony, Intel To Push Content Protection
prostoalex writes "Intel and Sony are trying to please the copyright-alerted content publishers and privacy-aware consumers by supporting and pushing Digital Transmission Content Protection standard. New technology allows the consumer to use the downloaded content, but not distribute it outside of their home. A PDF presentation from an Intel engineer is available on dtcp.com."
people will keep their old PCs because of that. how are the sales supposed to increase then? will they sneak drm-enabled processors to customers without telling it? maybe with a new eXPerience of an Operating System?
:)
I really hope that some new company (from China, maybe?) will come up with new brands of processors without the DRM stuff. but then probably the US government will make them illegal in the country
-- There are two kind of sysadmins: Paranoids and Losers. (adapted from D. Bach)
That won't make much difference.
In the worst case, I'm moving to China to buy a Chiniese PC. Runs linux.
Yeah, because China is such a hotbed for freedom...until you do something the government doesn't like. Oh, and there's nothing stopping them from putting DRM into Linux.
sheesh, someone tells you to plug something into your soundcard and it gets a plus 4 insightful? whilst i'm here, anyone want to mod me up if i tell you how to unplug your keybo....
The watermarked content mentioned would not be played on a DRM system. It would be played on a typical current generation RIO, PC, DVD player, Etc. The DRM system simply won't be compatible with regular MP3's, expecialy those recorded from content with a watermark. However, everything else would play them no problem.
.net services & certificates instead? Somehow I don't see MS letting control of the DRM run by anybody else. They will be the gatekeeper no exceptions! Having it run on Red Hat and not using Passport and .net server won't be permitted.
Anyway I read the article. It's quite clear this the the Microsoft Media PC. It's no more a general use PC than an X Box is. It's a cable subscription box that plays rental and purchase pre-packaged media for general consumption. It is not a create and share or rip, mix, burn platform. It's a subscriber box and nothing more.
Those who want a subscription to a service like Cable TV or XM radio will need the subscriber box. This is designed to go in the living room. Everything else will still use your general use computer as always.
The real question is will Microsoft kill the Intel version by not supporting it in the OS and push their own Media Player 9 DRM
The truth shall set you free!
1. Never, ever associate the unencrypted data with the encrypted.
2. Keep the encryption and decryption keys secret and change them.
3. Keep the encryption and decryption devices secret.
Even given all that, I'd be codes still get cracked.
So, RIAA and MPAA want to encrypt hundreds of millions if not billions of copies of known data thereby associated encrypted and unencrypted data then distribute them around the whole world, and millions and millions of decryption devices with static decryption keys, then distribute those around the whole world.
Thus completely violating the practices and procedures of those who entire job it is to keep secrets.
Prediction: it won't work.
Fuck off and die.
Regards,
Your customers.
It's obvious that Microsoft's month for secuirty wasn't enough (after 20 years of feature creep, we only get a month for?).
I've read the TCPA specs and it's not a bad idea in a commercial & some home environments as long as you can turn it off so you can develop code or run someone elses' if you choose to (as opposed to sneak-ware like Gator). I have two computers at work & wouldn't mind if the one running email were "locked down" to keep corporate IS from losing their minds for every MSBlaster/Fizzer/MSwormoftheweek as long as they leave my "programming" box alone (where's the checkbox for USB compliance suite on their audit checklist???).
At home, it would be an advantage to have two copies of Windows installed- one that lets me play & one that I run video editing on & only runs trusted code.
By mixing DRM in, Intel, Microsoft, h-p & others are guaranteeing that
1) there will be strong opposition to the tech in the form of boycotts (see the anti-RFID flak) & cracks
2) the tech will be weakened to serve its new DRM masters by complexity not needed for simple rogue code protection
I had a similar problem with playing DVDs on girlfriends Laptop that runs WinXP pro. I was using windows media player tho, it would only seemed to allow the dvd picture on the Laptop screen. My 1st reaction was they don't want people to tape the DVD. However I played around some more and worked out that it only deplayed the DVD picture on the primary display. So I switched the primary display to the TV and yay problem fixed :)
I am not sure why this limitation exists but there you go.