If the Founding Fathers saw today's situation regarding so-called "Intellectual Property," they would never have given the government authority to create copyright. All music would be public domain, and we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place!
Thank you! At least somebody around here other than me understands this! Now, if only we could get Norway to figure it out...
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It's not so much that you need an iPod to enjoy your itunes purchases, but that you are locked into future hardware purchases from Apple
"It's not so much that you need Windows to enjoy your PlaysForSure purchases, but that you are locked into future hardware purchases from only Microsoft-approved vendors"
And if I buy a song from Sony or Microsoft, it won't work on my Linux computer. That is textbook anti-competitive behavior too, so why aren't "PlaysForSure" and whatever Sony's DRM is called being outlawed as well?
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That's not true at all - anyone who wants to can make a player...
Oh? So you mean I can go write myself a program to decrypt and play PlaysForSure media on my Linux or Macintosh computer? Without having to bend over and hand all my rights (and license fees) to Microsoft?
Yeah, you're completely wrong. Shut the fuck up.
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It's not preferential. Other companies can make products that interoperate with PlaysForSure.
Really? Then show me where I can get a software player not made by Microsoft capable of playing PlaysForSure Media! In particular, show me where I can get one that works on operating systems other than Windows!
Just because some companies are in compliance with proposed new regulations and some aren't doesn't mean that making new regulations is "unfair".
The only "fair" regulations would be ones that outlaw DRM entirely. To do what they've actually done -- especially when done in the name of "protecting consumers" -- is a farce!
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But is Norway violating users rights by not letting them use DRM?
"Not letting them use DRM" would be a Hell of a lot better than what Norway's actually doing, which is giving Microsoft's "PlaysForSure" DRM (which is just as proprietary!) preferential treatment.
For me, in the real world, I found that the graphing capabilities of the calcs were not useful -- if I needed to plot, I would do it on a computer.
Personally, I'd still like my TI-89 even if I never graphed anything on it again. I just really like being able to see the whole expression I type in (not to mention that it's "pretty printed").
I humbly suggest that a new mascot is needed, to get Nintendo's creative juices flowing again.
Donkey Kong? Yoshi? Link? Star Fox? Kirby? Captain Falcon? What are they, chopped liver?
I "humbly suggest" that the last thing Nintendo needs is yet another mascot! What Nintendo really needs is to make games without a mascot (i.e., where the character is "you" or where there isn't a character at all).
So by the time we're all being screwed over by the TC in Vienna (IIRC), we'll have how many other dozens of operating systems that can run the exact same hack without worrying about this sandboxing?
Theoretically, none: Vienna and whatever version of Mac OS exists then will both be "Trusted[sic]," and all Free Software operating systems won't have legal HD disc playback software.
I think it's a horrible idea too, but I think that Hollywood might have finally realized by the time that something like you suggest could happen that DRM is pointless and serves no purpose other than to screw over customers...
Well, we can always hope. On the bright side, since the MPAA jumped the gun by allowing HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs to be played on non-"Trusted[sic]" systems already, we won't really be entirely screwed until the next generation of "Ultra HD" media comes out.
Yes, and how Windows it self will know that it isn't running inside a "simulated" trusted computer (the TC chip is virtual and part of the emulator)
Unless I'm mistaken, the TPM is itself is signed. Windows can check that to figure out whether the TPM it thinks exists really does or not. Or in other words, to "simulate" a TPM you need to get the Trusted Computing Group's private key.
For this to work you actually need TC-enabled computers. There aren't currently enough of them. So either Microsoft pisses of its customers with something like "HD DVD & BD can only played on Windows Vista running on special mother boards.
To be honest, that's exactly what I was expecting to happen -- I'm really surprised that PC HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players have already been allowed to exist.
Linux is already able to encrypt swap and I haven't heard anything about that slowing the computer down too much. Besides, some CPUs already have hardware-accelerated cryptography engines anyway. Finally, all new computers will come with a TPM, if they don't already. Although I don't think it's strictly required that the TPM be a cryptography accelerator, it makes sense for it to be.
And the best part : In order to decrypt the movie and play it, every player *HAS* to have the volume ke in memory or SIMD register for a short period of time. No matter if players key are revoked, version upgraded, bugs fixed, etc... This technique doesn't rely on any bug that can be patched.
Hence Treacherous Computing. You really think Microsoft and the content industry haven't thought of this? Sooner or later Windows is going to start encrypting memory and running non-"Trusted" programs in a sandbox that prevents them from accessing the hardware directly, specifically to prevent this kind of attack.
A "street block" consists of streets laid out on a rectangular grid, like this. The alternative, subdivisions, look like this. The relevant difference between them is that blocks tend to distribute the traffic relatively equally on all streets, while the subdivision layout tends to funnel traffic to "main roads." This, in turn, causes retail development to become concentrated on these "main roads" which means it's farther away from most of the residents in the subdivisions (in a block layout, it makes sense for there to be a little bit of retail at every other street corner). Finally, this results in increased dependence on cars, which is bad.
What made him a dumbass was not so much the fact that he didn't read it, but that he was proud of his ignorance.
Besides, if you weren't interested enough to read the story, why are you bothering to post? You should have just skipped the thread entirely and moved to the next one.
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Obviously I must be a moron then, because when I tried that this message popped up:
If the Founding Fathers saw today's situation regarding so-called "Intellectual Property," they would never have given the government authority to create copyright. All music would be public domain, and we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place!
Thank you! At least somebody around here other than me understands this! Now, if only we could get Norway to figure it out...
"It's not so much that you need Windows to enjoy your PlaysForSure purchases, but that you are locked into future hardware purchases from only Microsoft-approved vendors"
I don't see any real difference there. Do you?
And that's the problem, isn't it? If Norway wants to protect the rights of consumers, it should ban DRM entirely instead of being half-assed about it!
And if I buy a song from Sony or Microsoft, it won't work on my Linux computer. That is textbook anti-competitive behavior too, so why aren't "PlaysForSure" and whatever Sony's DRM is called being outlawed as well?
Oh? So you mean I can go write myself a program to decrypt and play PlaysForSure media on my Linux or Macintosh computer? Without having to bend over and hand all my rights (and license fees) to Microsoft?
Yeah, you're completely wrong. Shut the fuck up.
Really? Then show me where I can get a software player not made by Microsoft capable of playing PlaysForSure Media! In particular, show me where I can get one that works on operating systems other than Windows!
The only "fair" regulations would be ones that outlaw DRM entirely. To do what they've actually done -- especially when done in the name of "protecting consumers" -- is a farce!
"Not letting them use DRM" would be a Hell of a lot better than what Norway's actually doing, which is giving Microsoft's "PlaysForSure" DRM (which is just as proprietary!) preferential treatment.
So what? It's still DRM, so it's still just as restrictive!
Now, when are they going to outlaw all the other DRM-infested music stores? If "Fairplay" is unfair, then so is "PlaysForSure!"
...they had been forced to use TI calculators in high school, and that was what they were used to.
Personally, I'd still like my TI-89 even if I never graphed anything on it again. I just really like being able to see the whole expression I type in (not to mention that it's "pretty printed").
Those are not HDTVs. They're just standard-definition ones, and a complete waste of money. To get a 22-24" LCD HDTV, you're looking at at least $600.
Donkey Kong? Yoshi? Link? Star Fox? Kirby? Captain Falcon? What are they, chopped liver?
I "humbly suggest" that the last thing Nintendo needs is yet another mascot! What Nintendo really needs is to make games without a mascot (i.e., where the character is "you" or where there isn't a character at all).
What they need is a separate "local top rated" in addition to the "[absolute] top rated."
I am aware of that. I was just saying that it would be a the logical place to put a cryptography accelerator.
Theoretically, none: Vienna and whatever version of Mac OS exists then will both be "Trusted[sic]," and all Free Software operating systems won't have legal HD disc playback software.
Well, we can always hope. On the bright side, since the MPAA jumped the gun by allowing HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs to be played on non-"Trusted[sic]" systems already, we won't really be entirely screwed until the next generation of "Ultra HD" media comes out.
Unless I'm mistaken, the TPM is itself is signed. Windows can check that to figure out whether the TPM it thinks exists really does or not. Or in other words, to "simulate" a TPM you need to get the Trusted Computing Group's private key.
To be honest, that's exactly what I was expecting to happen -- I'm really surprised that PC HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players have already been allowed to exist.
Linux is already able to encrypt swap and I haven't heard anything about that slowing the computer down too much. Besides, some CPUs already have hardware-accelerated cryptography engines anyway. Finally, all new computers will come with a TPM, if they don't already. Although I don't think it's strictly required that the TPM be a cryptography accelerator, it makes sense for it to be.
Hence Treacherous Computing. You really think Microsoft and the content industry haven't thought of this? Sooner or later Windows is going to start encrypting memory and running non-"Trusted" programs in a sandbox that prevents them from accessing the hardware directly, specifically to prevent this kind of attack.
A "street block" consists of streets laid out on a rectangular grid, like this. The alternative, subdivisions, look like this. The relevant difference between them is that blocks tend to distribute the traffic relatively equally on all streets, while the subdivision layout tends to funnel traffic to "main roads." This, in turn, causes retail development to become concentrated on these "main roads" which means it's farther away from most of the residents in the subdivisions (in a block layout, it makes sense for there to be a little bit of retail at every other street corner). Finally, this results in increased dependence on cars, which is bad.
Get it now?
What made him a dumbass was not so much the fact that he didn't read it, but that he was proud of his ignorance.
Besides, if you weren't interested enough to read the story, why are you bothering to post? You should have just skipped the thread entirely and moved to the next one.
You've never heard of a condominium, have you?
What, you mean publicly flogged by virtual giant penises?