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Intel Cutting Linux Out of Content Market
An Anonymous Reader wrote in to mention an Inquirer story suggesting that Intel is planning on cutting Linux out of the content market. From the article: "The vehicle to do this is called East Fork, the upcoming and regrettable Intel digital media 'platform'. The funny part is that the scheme is already a failure, but it will hurt you as it thrashes before it dies. Be afraid, be very afraid."
For all of you thinking AMD may play the good guy in this DRM nightmare, let me remind you that they, along with Intel, are a promoter of the Trusted Computing Group - link [windowsfordevices.com]
It's called an "editorial". Notice the sub title in read the reads "Comment"? Editorials have been since the beginnings of journalism. Sheesh.
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In particular, you have the right to not go to prison for the limited situation of making a copy of a TV programme as it airs. However, you do not have the right to not go to prison for producing equipment that circumvents an access control mechanism enveloping that content. You see, while SCOTUS ruled it's not illegal to time shift TV programmes, they didn't rule anything beyond that. They didn't even rule that you have any right to do so. And the law has changed several times since that ruling anyway.
So far as I've seen, the DMCA has withstood challenges to that particular part of the law.
What we need is a bill of rights for content users. And while a large proportion of those demanding such rights are those who enthused about blatent anti-content-makers systems such as the original Napster, we don't have a lot of credibility right now, whereas Hollywood does every time they're able to get a few million people to watch their latest movie.
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The ironic thing about all the various forms of DRM, copy protection, etc., is that the more intrusive it gets, the more it is going to actually encourage piracy.
That's one reason iTunes has worked so well. The DRM is so weak that Apple actually tells you an easy way to get rid of it, Mix up new tracks with your existing MP3 collection to make killer compilations. You can burn songs from the iTunes Music Store an unlimited number of times.
Oh, they make a token effort to discourage blatant fair use, enough to convince the labels that they're in charge, but it's really run on the honor system.
Public key encryption is used to ensure only the key holder can access it. I can copy the encrypted file to whatever device I like that can read and act on my key. Without my key, it won't work.
You don't seem to understand how public key encryption works. In your scheme, devices can only decrypt the files if they have YOUR private key. But if you hold and control the private key, it's no longer DRM because that private key gives you access to the non-encrypted data and you can do whatever you want with it at that point. DRM is always, without exception, based upon a shared secret. Somewhere, whether it's in software or hardware, there's a master decoding key hidden. DRM is by nature incompatible with Open Source because of this. Always has been, always will be. Either you have control over your own hardware/software or you don't. There's no middle ground.
RealPlayer 10 for Linux is several orders of magnitude better than any other version of RealPlayer I've used. There's no spyware/adware, it's fast and light, and they stick with a simple GTK UI instead of going off and writing some bizarre skinnable interface. If you're running Linux and you haven't tried RealPlayer lately, I'd highly recommend giving them a second chance.
Netscape, Real and others have all fallen victim to the Microsoft bundling machine Netscape I can sympathize with, but Real was going to hell long before MS got involved.
Normality is now: overrated.
This is (I'll give you the why) a good move.
Why? - Here in the EU we have the commission (think inquisition in Armani suits). They have all sorts of powers to fine monopolies and cartels etc (ie their hits on MS). What better proof for them than Intel using its market dominance to lock out a competitor from free trade. And since the benefit is to MS it also helps any current ideas they have too.
This could be good!
My university network implemented this just as I was leaving last year. It was some Cisco scheme, and required you to download and install a client program if you had a Windows machine, which would scan your system for viruses and spyware and then report it 'safe' to the upstream network. Only then would it issue you an IP. I think it would only report the computer 'safe' if it had been updated recently also, providing a very nice way to force users to continually update their software. I wonder how long it will take before systems like this force people to spring for paid upgrades? Maybe they already have.
Oddly enough there wasn't a client program for Mac or Linux, and if your computer reported itself as being something other than Windows, it would just let you through unhindered, I'm told. Seems it wouldn't take much to fudge your Windows system to report itself as a Linux or Mac box.
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No, they will not necessarily. Everyone thought China's economy was so hot but their stock market dropped 50% in the past year. And Chinese stock experts starting realizing they were paying far too much, even for good companies.
In 1999, even stocks of good companies with solid futures was overvalued and the tech stocks today are still lower. Don't fall into the trap with stocks, thinking that they HAVE to go up.
They let you preview all of the songs on every album for sale, and though they may not have RIAA-signed artists, they've got a pretty good selection, and I try to shamelessly plug them every chance I get. Best of all, all you need is an mp3 player of some sort to listen to the 128kbps song previews (which are the full songs, not 30 second snippets). The prices are very reasonable, and 50% of the sale price of the album goes straight to the artist; so you can buy more music than you would on amazon, and the people who made it will get fairly compensated for their work and talent. You should check it out, you might like it.
AMD is a member of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance.
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Do you have a URL to back this up?
Typical description of Trusted Network Connect