Finally, proof that illegal file trading is the cause of America's weak economy! This report shows that RIAA isn't the only one affected by this plague.
Wouldn't really be surprised if RIAA eventually sports this argument.:)
Comparisons about the games industry catching up to the movie industry in sales are tossed about all the time.
Truth of the matter is that games sales match the box office receipts of movies. But that doesn't take into DVD and VHS sales, account rentals, pay per view, TV showings, etc.
And the games totals include the hardware used to play games (consoles, not PCs).
When you compare apples to apples, there is no comparison. And there likely won't be for quite a few years yet.
If something has the potential to do "wrong" things, should we outlaw it?
Should we outlaw DeCSS because it can be used to copy DVDs? Should we outlaw p2p file sharing networks because they can be used to transfer copyrighted material? Should we outlaw Palladium because it allows you to build DRM software? (Ignoring the potential for virus protection, safe management of sensitive information like passwords, etc?)
That's my main problem with the anti-hype against Palladium....it makes everyone into a hypocrite about "potential uses" versus "all uses".
One might think everyone here was brainwashed. If you're attending this lecture, you're advised to read the appropriate FAQs first. From what I've seen, the general/. crowd isn't ready to go to this talk.:)
Palladium enables better privacy. You can keep personal information from leaking from your machine, even when running untrusted programs on your machine.
DRM is something that can be built *on* Palladium. DRM is a possible outcome of Palladium. Is that reason to hate/protest Palladium? By analogy, the DCMA is right to disallow software which can enable copyright infringement, despite what that software can also be used for.
Palladium is designed to prevent against subversion tactics from software. It makes no guarantees against physical compromise of the local machine.
Overall, I think the biggest problem with Palladium is the potential it has to hurt other OSs. If media companies decide to use it because of it's security, it'll mean that they'll be developing exclusively for Windows, and not Linux. Unfortunately, I can't really see how one might develop an open source version of Palladium.:|
Those people are too smart to enter the business world in today's economy. They're competing to get grants from their educational institution of choice.:)
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I wrote up a blog post describing how Google and Firefox are helping each other out.
- cooperation-on-link-prefetching/
e -plans/
The link prefetching stuff that Google's using? It was developed by a Mozilla programmer employed by Google. Interesting times!
http://www.jall.org/blog/2005/03/31/googlefirefox
Or for more predictions on the Firefox/Google future in general:
http://www.jall.org/blog/2005/03/19/googles-futur
Wouldn't really be surprised if RIAA eventually sports this argument. :)
Truth of the matter is that games sales match the box office receipts of movies. But that doesn't take into DVD and VHS sales, account rentals, pay per view, TV showings, etc.
And the games totals include the hardware used to play games (consoles, not PCs).
When you compare apples to apples, there is no comparison. And there likely won't be for quite a few years yet.
If something has the potential to do "wrong" things, should we outlaw it? Should we outlaw DeCSS because it can be used to copy DVDs? Should we outlaw p2p file sharing networks because they can be used to transfer copyrighted material? Should we outlaw Palladium because it allows you to build DRM software? (Ignoring the potential for virus protection, safe management of sensitive information like passwords, etc?) That's my main problem with the anti-hype against Palladium....it makes everyone into a hypocrite about "potential uses" versus "all uses".
One such faq was:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/defa ult.asp?url=/technet/security/news/PallFAQ2.asp
Few important notes:
- Palladium can be turned on/off at will.
- Palladium runs on top of the OS.
- Palladium enables better privacy. You can keep personal information from leaking from your machine, even when running untrusted programs on your machine.
- DRM is something that can be built *on* Palladium. DRM is a possible outcome of Palladium. Is that reason to hate/protest Palladium? By analogy, the DCMA is right to disallow software which can enable copyright infringement, despite what that software can also be used for.
- Palladium is designed to prevent against subversion tactics from software. It makes no guarantees against physical compromise of the local machine.
Overall, I think the biggest problem with Palladium is the potential it has to hurt other OSs. If media companies decide to use it because of it's security, it'll mean that they'll be developing exclusively for Windows, and not Linux. Unfortunately, I can't really see how one might develop an open source version of Palladium.Compete against PhD's from MIT?
:)
Those people are too smart to enter the business world in today's economy. They're competing to get grants from their educational institution of choice.