User: davidjh

Re:Not very likely

On: iTunes, One Billion Suckers Served?

And despite the fact that people routinely say "everything gets cracked," there is evidence to contradict that. DRM is going to get "Good Enough" that for all practical purposes it will not be crackable.

I wonder what evidence you're referring to? I think Cory Doctorow explains rather well some theoretical reasons to believe that DRM is inherently crackable.

But there's the rub. Alice wants Bob to buy Pirates of the Caribbean from her. Bob will only buy Pirates of the Caribbean if he can descramble the CSS-encrypted VOB -- video object -- on his DVD player. Otherwise, the disc is only useful to Bob as a drinks-coaster. So Alice has to provide Bob -- the attacker -- with the key, the cipher and the ciphertext.

Hilarity ensues.

Unless you're suggesting that someone has a BOBE-strong DRM?

Re:Price Sends a Signal (better formatting...)

On: Digital Music Stock Market?

Another issue is that Price sends a Signal.

Why do movie theatres have a static price instead of something that varies based on popularity? Because if the movie theatre tells you a movie's only worth $4.00 instead of the usual $10.00, they're letting you in on a secret. It's got Ben Afleck in it, and it's crap.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.htm l

Price Sends a Signal

On: Digital Music Stock Market?

Another issue is that Price sends a Signal. Why do movie theatres have a static price instead of something that varies based on popularity? Because if the movie theatre tells you a movie's only worth $4.00 instead of the usual $10.00, they're letting you in on a secret. It's got Ben Afleck in it, and it's crap. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.htm l