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."

Comments

How are they going to enforce that?

[miodekk]

I can't see any way to enforce that.
Of course assuming you are using linux or other open source OS.

Re:and the analog hole?

[CaptainBaz]

My current setup means that I can't play DVDs on my PC, because I *might* be outputting the signal via TV-out (PowerDVD 4 on Win2000 Pro, generic DVD-ROM and GeForce2MX400 gfx).

What makes you think you'll be allowed to use a projector? :-)

Meanwhile Windowsupdate is offering me DRM too

[Angostura]

Yes folks its the 'Windows Rights Management Client 1.0', a 'recommended' upgrade if you are running XP.

What does it do?

The Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Rights Management (RM) client is required for your computer to run applications that provide functionality based on Windows RM technologies. Installing this client places software on your computer that allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and consuming RM-protected information.

Now what interests me is, who is going to be the first software company to embrace this? Probably the next version of Media Player.

Re:Handcuffs

[dew-genen-ny]

I disagree with the statement that entertainment has never been free.

The concept of someone "owning" a song is relatively new - the idea that someone wrote it is not.

It wasn't all that long ago that artists where happy for people to hear their work, because if it was good enough more people would pay to see them, and that would keep the food on the table.

The mega-stars of the end of the 20th, beginning of this century are a new invention (and a terrible one at that). If you want to see a good reason not to pay people these huge sums, look at what the fortune part of the fame & fortune did to their creativity....but that's another story.

I have the solution

[tomstdenis]

When Intel comes out with "ultra-optimized .... [fine print] DRM enabled" systems...

DON'T BUY THEM.

That'll shut them up fairly quick.

Tom

Here was my first thought

[JoeShmoe]

I couldn't view the PDF but it almost sounded like Intel's big invention was basically to only allow transfer among private IPs. Specifically:

The DTCP specification, embodied in home networks, would permit consumers to play downloaded music or movies on any PC or digital device in the home. However, the downloaded material can't be transmitted outside the home or copied

Now what embodies a "home" network as opposed to an "outside" network? Private IPs. Almost all the people I know with broadband and multiple computers are using some kind of NAT. Think how easy it would be to put a chip in a consumer electronic device that sniffed out the IPs of files as they come in or out. Anything with 192.168.x.x is allowed and anything else is denied.

Now, I'm sure the hard core networking guys could use PPTP or something to "extend" their home network around the world but for 99% of the people out there, they already can't figure out how to share files over NAT (try listening to all the complaints about DCC not working in any IRC filesharing channel) so it's doubtful that they would know how to bypass this either.

And because it's the a chip in the electronic device that controls the input/output you couldn't just write a program that would be NAT aware like the modern P2P sharing programs. You'd essentially have to modchip all your devices, which could end up being a lot more trouble than its worth.

So that's my theory on how it'll work.

-JoeShmoe
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