After taking a look at the EFF archives of the actual case documents, I'm sure this is not about open source at all, just keeping their encryption system on DVD's. It's a big enough case, but don't go overboard here..:) Take a look for yourselves: http://www.eff.org/ip/Video/MPAA_DVD_ca ses/
I would assume that it requires some kind of seriously expensive conspiracy to fight the amount of resistance that exists against anyone who as much as thinks about stepping on the personal privacy laws, no matter what democratic country we're talking about. So maybe the feature exists in technology, but it'll be ages before it exists in practice, if ever. Just look at the serial-number-in-pIII-chip resistance!
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After taking a look at the EFF archives of the actual case documents, I'm sure this is not about open source at all, just keeping their encryption system on DVD's. It's a big enough case, but don't go overboard here.. :) Take a look for yourselves: http://www.eff.org/ip/Video/MPAA_DVD_ca ses/
Yeah, this is probably correct, but once you redistribute any part of it, you've broken copyright laws. No matter how small the part is.
I would assume that it requires some kind of seriously expensive conspiracy to fight the amount of resistance that exists against anyone who as much as thinks about stepping on the personal privacy laws, no matter what democratic country we're talking about. So maybe the feature exists in technology, but it'll be ages before it exists in practice, if ever.
Just look at the serial-number-in-pIII-chip resistance!