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Sony, Intel To Push Content Protection

Posted by Hemos on from the e.g.-copyright-protection dept.

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."

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  1. Handcuffs by dew-genen-ny · · Score: 5, Insightful

    God this sort of stuff pisses me off -

    The analogy that springs to mind is that if you go to the public library, they let you borrow a book, only if you let them chain it to your wrist first.

    Information was, is and should be free.

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    1. Re:Handcuffs by dew-genen-ny · · Score: 5, Interesting

      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.

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      tom-george.comBecause geeks rate higher t
  2. New technology by mst76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > New technology allows the consumer to use the downloaded content, but not distribute it outside of their home.

    Dang, I used to hand out mp3 cdr's on the street corner. Now I have to resort to sharing on kazaa inside my home.

  3. Any attempts always end up getting cracked. by LinuxMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is interesting, because when it all comes down to it, the "good guys" are hurt due to restrictions, and the "bad guys" always end up pirating, etc. I am not sure there really is an answer as to how to protect information 100% without it both hurting the consumer and being crackable by a cracker. Of course, the governments can keep passing laws that make reverse engineering illegal, etc, but again, that's just going to scare the average Joe much more than it would scare someone who really wants to crack a DRM transmission. Only time will tell where the DRM issue ends up.

    the new 40gig ipod

  4. I love the wording on these. by Borealis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Allow" the customer to use digital content at home. You mean the content you payed for? As opposed to not allowing you to listen/watch/use content you've payed for?

    They always word these things like they're *granting* new rights instead of taking them away. I don't know whether to be amused at the balls of the PR makers or dismayed at the fact that there are twits who will read a press release like that and think "Oh goody, I've been wanting to do that."

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    Unbreakable toys can be used to break other toys.
  5. A simple rule about copying music: by Biogenesis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you can put it through speakers, you can copy it. Simple. It's only a matter of time before someone with high quality gear decides to make a copy for everyone. Sure it might slow down the spread of stolen music, but it can't be stopped.

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    ...just so Google finds it.
  6. Meanwhile Windowsupdate is offering me DRM too by Angostura · · Score: 5, Interesting
    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.