Sun Spearheads Open DRM

Steve from Hexus writes "If DRM is the future of controlling our media files, then perhaps the open source community can at the very least ensure that the dominant delivery system is an open standard. Hexus.net reports that Sun is spearheading a new open DRM project, which their lab workers and the open source community can contribute to. More information on project DReaM can be found at the Open Media Commons website." Tough call - DRM is coming (Or is already here), one way or another, and is better to work on creating something done right, or to object to it on moral grounds?

Comments

"Moral grounds" ? ?

[bigmouth_strikes]

Funny that moral grounds would be an argument *against* DRM and not in support of it...

There's nothing wrong with Digital Rights per se, but there are flawed implementations. But confusing this fundamental isn't going to help fair use and privacy.

Re:"Open DRM"?

[Wannabe Code Monkey]

Eh? How exactly can you even talk about "open-source DRM"? It's one of strongest oxymorons here, DRM by definition is about restricting access, while openness is about allowing it. Even if you mean openness of only the software itself, you can't go much farther than Microsoft Shared Source -- the "look but not touch" way. What is source worth if you can't even compile it and have it working?

What the hell are you talking about, and who the hell modded you so far up? If we were to take your point of view then I guess it's impossible for anyone to compile OpenSSH since it's about restricting access. Or for that matter any sort of encryption or authentication program.