This is the 3rd major article I have seen about apple 'could' use the DRM for something or another.
If the only goal was to go and keep OSX from running on beige x86 boxes they would have kept using open firmware instead of switching to BIOS. (which I still think OF was a better choice).
And clearly Apple doesn't do the bidding of the RIAA, otherwise iTMS would have crippling DRM. Which it doesnt.
I really wish these talking heads would meet the guillotine. Their speculation doesn't fit.
The only speculation i have seen that makes sense is to get a volume discount on doodads for all the products from ipods up.
My personal suspicion is that there may be some connection between apple, who tends to be on the innovation vanguard, and a number of Intel's 'gee whiz' doohickeys. Apple is exactly the kind of company that would grab a new technology and try to use it quickly, whereas intel has to go and try and shop around the stuff to slow moving wintel vendors. For instance, Apple came out with the mac mini, Intel slapped together a x86 look-alike, but it made no waves and the wintel vendors mainly ignored it. I think there is a hot steamy semiconductor romance brewing here.
Umm the Blair Witch Project gave me a screaming headache. I also wouldn't really call it good. It gave me the distinct impression of a rejected Scooby Doo script with the only benefit of the main cast being killed.
I smell a rat! and It'll be on budget for 1.5M
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Every time I see a commercial for one of these cinematic disasters (and I don't just mean the actual disaster films) I cringe, and ask myself why are they wasting money on this crap. To this say I miss 'The Invisible Man' the series. I donno if they ran out of money or budget, but it was clever deep and well written, instead we get another snake of the week movie.
On top of this, SciFi is cutting out the Stargate opening credits to get more advert time. I know *I* want sci fi to stay 'on air' so i can keep watching Stargate and BSG, but I feel like I'm getting the poo from a 1 million Genetically modified monkeys on typewriters thrown at me with these movies.
PS. Dear SciFi. the idea of mutant screenwriting monkeys is available for a modest sum.
I still say IBM wait for SCOs stock to totally crash, buy up all the assets and then open source (id prefer bsd license) the whole of Unix. its the only proper way to add insult to injury.
WOW. as if we font have enough crap floating around in earth orbit we cant get rid of. Assuming we can fix planet based global warming, we'd then have huge ass cloud of dust we cant get rid of..
man like trying to solve a rodent problem with a nuke..
The free market issue only goes so far. And this is why, if this was really free market, then the advertisers wouldn't keep raising the stakes of increasingly annoying ads. They wouldn't make more and more invasive ads. They wouldn't spew dozen's of 3rd party cookies to track your viewing. Instead of making ads likely to entice purchases, in actual marketing to potential customers, they just are doing virtual weapons of ad distraction.
Hmm thats fair. I have said to people before that personnel problems cant be fixed by technology. Of course mostly dealt with ppl who cant manage their email accounts.
Technically his statement is correct, however prima facia, its a foolish one. As its been said elsewhere in the comments it implies that if it were not for 'hackers' systems would be 'safe'. However as is the case with companies looking to cut every conceivable cent, there would be no security otherwise. "Why bother locking the doors there are no criminals to steal my possessions!"
This sounds merely like an argument for altruism and security thru obscurity (which of course doesn't work). Why would a company try to harden against problems, even if caused my a mistake, if there is never any pressure to think there would be a need?
Would a civilization wonder if there is anyone else out in space if they can see no stars? Problem is without external pressure, people get sloppy. Of course people are sloppy to begin with. Imagine the extent of the credit card problems we have seen in the past months if there was no security at all? Its a poor argument really.
When I read this article the 2 main things that jumped out at me.
Copyright law requires photo labs to be on the lookout for portraits and other professional work that should not be duplicated without a photographer's permission.
"We've got a law written back in the 1970s and we're trying to apply 2005 conditions to it,"
Doesn't this same like the same hackneyed argument of the RIAA? Thing is in this case, you have *WALMART* employees (and the like) being the copyright police. I certainly do not trust your local "fill the machine with the stuff from the big plastic jug" photo printer store to have *any* training on how to determine the origin of *any* picture professional, amateur, or one taken by scruffy the dog.
Secondly, the guy quoted seems to imply there should be some change to the law. Exactly what does he think should be made? That all personal picture should look like crap? So we can have the "professional photographers lifetime employment act"? Perhaps High quality cameras should have a mandatory training and licensing test before you can use them safely, like guns do... oh wait guns dont have that..... Perhaps they should stop giving out digital files? Perhaps photoshop should be illegal.
If these photographers can sue a 3rd party for making prints, who else could they sue? The kid pressing the buttons and filling the machine? The guys that make the machines right? They facilitating copyright violation. Do you recall some of the rhetoric out of the RIAA during piracy busts? 'high speed burners are the equivalent of 40 regular cd burners!'
What will happen walmart is sued for denying making prints to a copyright holder.
Hey heres a great idea! Lets stop splatter-kicking ppl who aren't at fault. Go after the ppl who do the solicitation of copyright violation.
well this goes back to physical access is full access. If you are going to write down some passwords and someone physically comes in, most ppl would be worried about the physical theft then the paper with the passwords on it.
If someone is rummaging around looking for your password list, you have bigger problems to come than just a stolen computer. Like corporate spying.
The preferences issue is not really so much an issue, as a 'thing'. By this I mean that throwing away an app doesnt clean up its (usually) one small pref file, isnt really a big deal, as in comparison to the windows registry. The registry is actively 'marketed' as the place to keep application prefs. IMHO its insane to keep user application prefs in a system structure that is loaded into memory at boot time. On top of that many apps that have installers dont do a good job of cleaning up after themselves.
So you have a branch in a system structure that make a user cry, and isnt recommended that they access to clean up, that is loaded into memory for apps that may no longer exist.
*OR*
Usually small pref files in the users home directory that are named for the app that they came with that are sitting unused on big secondary storage devices.
I'll gladly take the latter of 2 evils.
The rest is valid, sorta. Most things do not install kexts, Drivers for hardware, are well drivers. they arent loaded unless needed. That only becomes an issue if there is a compatibilty problem with a old diver version, and with something like printers reinstalling overwrites. As for prefpanes, most (not all anti virus for example) are things that users tend to isntall manually, and they have instructions on where to put them. If someone cant figure out how to reverse.. well *shrug*
And the extra bonus is that all of these things are generally in well named folders so you know what to expect in there. While its not really automated; and not exactly trivial; its still a far cry from a nameless xxxxxxxx.scr or.dll
I'm glad this is over. And I'm saddened and sickened by Lexmark trying to go to the SC to force user lock in.
There was not only no need for them to have implemented this in the first place, but there was no need to try and kick a dead horse as far as they did.
I expect in the long run this will benefit the consumer any, however its a step in the right direction. Hopefully a few more cases like this and we'll be able to reclaim our equipment from the robber barons that want to control our every action.
I agree. This is merely a blatant attempt at the US govt (under the control of the power mad) to sidestep the courts.
If there is an actual case with actual charges all that has to be done is *file the supoena*. This administration is doing just about everything in its power to 'legalize' the ability to exercise power above the law.
There was once when the 'republican" party and the 'conservatives' meant smaller govt, less spending, and less intrusiveness.
I cant imagine that we need secret laws and skulduggery against our own people to fight the phantom menace
Your conspiracy seems rather unlikely given the fact that the darwin core of osx does not have any such 'drm' to tie it to anything. Darwin runs on both ppc and x86. The official Apple hardware support may limited to Apple only products, but again this isnt some kinda of scheme.
In any case, it doesnt matter if the cpu is ppc or x86. A cpu switch isnt going to suddenly make drivers appear. You cant just magically use W32 drivers for your POS webcam cause osx would run on x86.
At best apple is keeping this strategy in their back pocket as a failsafe.
from his blog "Patents are a good defensive strategy for any company. We get sued all the time. Witness the current Eolas lawsuit."
This is a split decision. Let us examine. "Patents are a good defensive strategy for any company." No patents are supposed to temporarily protect your monetary investment in *INNOVATION*. The only reason its used as a defense strategy is because the system is broken and none of the big boys want to step up and demand it be fixed.
We get sued all the time. Witness the current Eolas lawsuit. Ok Dan lets apply your logic to this, why isnt the Eolas patent an example of a defensive patent? Assuming it was, as we can see your 'defensive' patent advocacy all falls down when a greedy law firm gets involved. Unless MS wants to put money in a trust guaranteeing that it be used to defend people from patent lawsuit brought by MS these words are just more empty BS.
I don't want anyone to think this is a personal attack on Dan, i don't know him at all. However I think hes a tad too 'hopeful' that power doesn't get abused by the hand that feeds him.
Ya know frankly i only read the comments on new spam filtering techniques to read the automated spam response form. Im not really concerned with the pie in the sky solution in the actual article.
Is this sting powerful enough to take back control of your passwords? The day that autocomplete became enforced users lost the power to manage their passwords. can GM be used to removed this directive?
well unlike most SW in embedded devices, it looks like these guys did their homework. So in essence, the only thing to do is a ground up rewrite, including handling of any evil(tm) sent down form the satellite.
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This is the 3rd major article I have seen about apple 'could' use the DRM for something or another.
If the only goal was to go and keep OSX from running on beige x86 boxes they would have kept using open firmware instead of switching to BIOS. (which I still think OF was a better choice).
And clearly Apple doesn't do the bidding of the RIAA, otherwise iTMS would have crippling DRM. Which it doesnt.
I really wish these talking heads would meet the guillotine. Their speculation doesn't fit.
The only speculation i have seen that makes sense is to get a volume discount on doodads for all the products from ipods up.
My personal suspicion is that there may be some connection between apple, who tends to be on the innovation vanguard, and a number of Intel's 'gee whiz' doohickeys. Apple is exactly the kind of company that would grab a new technology and try to use it quickly, whereas intel has to go and try and shop around the stuff to slow moving wintel vendors. For instance, Apple came out with the mac mini, Intel slapped together a x86 look-alike, but it made no waves and the wintel vendors mainly ignored it. I think there is a hot steamy semiconductor romance brewing here.
Umm the Blair Witch Project gave me a screaming headache. I also wouldn't really call it good. It gave me the distinct impression of a rejected Scooby Doo script with the only benefit of the main cast being killed.
Damned meddling kids
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Every time I see a commercial for one of these cinematic disasters (and I don't just mean the actual disaster films) I cringe, and ask myself why are they wasting money on this crap. To this say I miss 'The Invisible Man' the series. I donno if they ran out of money or budget, but it was clever deep and well written, instead we get another snake of the week movie.
On top of this, SciFi is cutting out the Stargate opening credits to get more advert time. I know *I* want sci fi to stay 'on air' so i can keep watching Stargate and BSG, but I feel like I'm getting the poo from a 1 million Genetically modified monkeys on typewriters thrown at me with these movies.
PS. Dear SciFi. the idea of mutant screenwriting monkeys is available for a modest sum.
I still say IBM wait for SCOs stock to totally crash, buy up all the assets and then open source (id prefer bsd license) the whole of Unix. its the only proper way to add insult to injury.
WOW. as if we font have enough crap floating around in earth orbit we cant get rid of. Assuming we can fix planet based global warming, we'd then have huge ass cloud of dust we cant get rid of..
man like trying to solve a rodent problem with a nuke..
The free market issue only goes so far. And this is why, if this was really free market, then the advertisers wouldn't keep raising the stakes of increasingly annoying ads. They wouldn't make more and more invasive ads. They wouldn't spew dozen's of 3rd party cookies to track your viewing. Instead of making ads likely to entice purchases, in actual marketing to potential customers, they just are doing virtual weapons of ad distraction.
Hmm thats fair. I have said to people before that personnel problems cant be fixed by technology. Of course mostly dealt with ppl who cant manage their email accounts.
Technically his statement is correct, however prima facia, its a foolish one. As its been said elsewhere in the comments it implies that if it were not for 'hackers' systems would be 'safe'. However as is the case with companies looking to cut every conceivable cent, there would be no security otherwise. "Why bother locking the doors there are no criminals to steal my possessions!"
This sounds merely like an argument for altruism and security thru obscurity (which of course doesn't work). Why would a company try to harden against problems, even if caused my a mistake, if there is never any pressure to think there would be a need?
Would a civilization wonder if there is anyone else out in space if they can see no stars? Problem is without external pressure, people get sloppy. Of course people are sloppy to begin with. Imagine the extent of the credit card problems we have seen in the past months if there was no security at all? Its a poor argument really.
When I read this article the 2 main things that jumped out at me.
Copyright law requires photo labs to be on the lookout for portraits and other professional work that should not be duplicated without a photographer's permission.
"We've got a law written back in the 1970s and we're trying to apply 2005 conditions to it,"
Doesn't this same like the same hackneyed argument of the RIAA? Thing is in this case, you have *WALMART* employees (and the like) being the copyright police. I certainly do not trust your local "fill the machine with the stuff from the big plastic jug" photo printer store to have *any* training on how to determine the origin of *any* picture professional, amateur, or one taken by scruffy the dog.
Secondly, the guy quoted seems to imply there should be some change to the law. Exactly what does he think should be made? That all personal picture should look like crap? So we can have the "professional photographers lifetime employment act"? Perhaps High quality cameras should have a mandatory training and licensing test before you can use them safely, like guns do... oh wait guns dont have that..... Perhaps they should stop giving out digital files? Perhaps photoshop should be illegal.
If these photographers can sue a 3rd party for making prints,
who else could they sue? The kid pressing the buttons and filling the machine? The guys that make the machines right? They facilitating copyright violation. Do you recall some of the rhetoric out of the RIAA during piracy busts? 'high speed burners are the equivalent of 40 regular cd burners!'
What will happen walmart is sued for denying making prints to a copyright holder.
Hey heres a great idea! Lets stop splatter-kicking ppl who aren't at fault. Go after the ppl who do the solicitation of copyright violation.
well this goes back to physical access is full access. If you are going to write down some passwords and someone physically comes in, most ppl would be worried about the physical theft then the paper with the passwords on it.
If someone is rummaging around looking for your password list, you have bigger problems to come than just a stolen computer. Like corporate spying.
The preferences issue is not really so much an issue, as a 'thing'.
.dll
By this I mean that throwing away an app doesnt clean up its (usually) one small pref file, isnt really a big deal, as in comparison to the windows registry. The registry is actively 'marketed' as the place to keep application prefs. IMHO its insane to keep user application prefs in a system structure that is loaded into memory at boot time. On top of that many apps that have installers dont do a good job of cleaning up after themselves.
So you have a branch in a system structure that make a user cry, and isnt recommended that they access to clean up, that is loaded into memory for apps that may no longer exist.
*OR*
Usually small pref files in the users home directory that are named for the app that they came with that are sitting unused on big secondary storage devices.
I'll gladly take the latter of 2 evils.
The rest is valid, sorta. Most things do not install kexts, Drivers for hardware, are well drivers. they arent loaded unless needed. That only becomes an issue if there is a compatibilty problem with a old diver version, and with something like printers reinstalling overwrites. As for prefpanes, most (not all anti virus for example) are things that users tend to isntall manually, and they have instructions on where to put them. If someone cant figure out how to reverse.. well *shrug*
And the extra bonus is that all of these things are generally in well named folders so you know what to expect in there. While its not really automated; and not exactly trivial; its still a far cry from a nameless xxxxxxxx.scr or
I'm glad this is over. And I'm saddened and sickened by Lexmark trying to go to the SC to force user lock in.
There was not only no need for them to have implemented this in the first place, but there was no need to try and kick a dead horse as far as they did.
I expect in the long run this will benefit the consumer any, however its a step in the right direction. Hopefully a few more cases like this and we'll be able to reclaim our equipment from the robber barons that want to control our every action.
Would Apple have done this had they not complained?
Apple would have been forced to comply with the license as written for the khtml code..
Oh wait they had already done that.
I agree. This is merely a blatant attempt at the US govt (under the control of the power mad) to sidestep the courts.
If there is an actual case with actual charges all that has to be done is *file the supoena*. This administration is doing just about everything in its power to 'legalize' the ability to exercise power above the law.
There was once when the 'republican" party and the 'conservatives' meant smaller govt, less spending, and less intrusiveness.
I cant imagine that we need secret laws and skulduggery against our own people to fight the phantom menace
if you are using lynx, somehow i doubt you are going to be a victim of phishing. I mean unless you really *want* your identity stolen.
I researched and reported a phishing site on someone host and the owner of the domain actually thanked me. It was weird.
Your conspiracy seems rather unlikely given the fact that the darwin core of osx does not have any such 'drm' to tie it to anything. Darwin runs on both ppc and x86. The official Apple hardware support may limited to Apple only products, but again this isnt some kinda of scheme.
In any case, it doesnt matter if the cpu is ppc or x86. A cpu switch isnt going to suddenly make drivers appear. You cant just magically use W32 drivers for your POS webcam cause osx would run on x86.
At best apple is keeping this strategy in their back pocket as a failsafe.
When I visited Taipei, the porn was on the shelves right next to the anime and kids movies
from his blog
"Patents are a good defensive strategy for any company. We get sued all the time. Witness the current Eolas lawsuit."
This is a split decision. Let us examine. "Patents are a good defensive strategy for any company." No patents are supposed to temporarily protect your monetary investment in *INNOVATION*. The only reason its used as a defense strategy is because the system is broken and none of the big boys want to step up and demand it be fixed.
We get sued all the time. Witness the current Eolas lawsuit. Ok Dan lets apply your logic to this, why isnt the Eolas patent an example of a defensive patent? Assuming it was, as we can see your 'defensive' patent advocacy all falls down when a greedy law firm gets involved. Unless MS wants to put money in a trust guaranteeing that it be used to defend people from patent lawsuit brought by MS these words are just more empty BS.
I don't want anyone to think this is a personal attack on Dan, i don't know him at all. However I think hes a tad too 'hopeful' that power doesn't get abused by the hand that feeds him.
Ya know frankly i only read the comments on new spam filtering techniques to read the automated spam response form. Im not really concerned with the pie in the sky solution in the actual article.
Ya know i just had a flashback of Tom Lerher's "Silent e".
o/~ Who can turn the internet into disease ridden pustule?.. just add eye-eee!
Is this sting powerful enough to take back control of your passwords? The day that autocomplete became enforced users lost the power to manage their passwords. can GM be used to removed this directive?
well unlike most SW in embedded devices, it looks like these guys did their homework. So in essence, the only thing to do is a ground up rewrite, including handling of any evil(tm) sent down form the satellite.
Proprietary check-summing? Perhaps more research is in order?