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IEEE Working Group Considers Kinder, Gentler DRM
slave5tom writes "An IEEE working group is trying to put the genie back in the bottle. Its scheme will allow unlimited copying of encrypted content, which will require a playkey to activate. Trying to add a cost by making the playkey 'rivalrous' (what you take I lose) and rescuing the big content players from the brink of oblivion does seem futile, but it is entertaining to watch them fight the inevitable."
Just because it isn't cracked yet doesn't mean its uncrackable. I think with the PS3 there just isn't any motivation to hack it. Its expensive if you break it, Cell is a pain to code for, and really has no use when compared to a Wii or even 360.
If there is no motivation, no one will crack it. Just like I can make Super Crappy Game 8000 with DRM built in but if no one buys my game or wants to crack it the DRM remains uncracked.
Really, what is there to do on a cracked PS3 that can't be done on a 360 or Wii aside from things that use the Cell Processor which only really does obscure mathematical calculations very well.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
That is a stupidly naive position. Many small and independent movies won't be made thanks to piracy, as no studio will fund anything that doesn't have a chance at being a mega-hit. Even moderate hits like Zombieland are at risk: http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15074641#post15074641
You aren't hitting a bunch of Hollywood fat cats by downloading movies. You aren't Robin Hood, and you aren't doing what's "right". You are simply killing off adult drama. We won't see another era where absolute classics like Raging Bull, The Passenger, The Conversation, etc. are released in close succession, because no one will take a chance on such films. Instead, look forward to a cinema landscape that consists of Transformers and Twilight. Thanks.