-- On 1 Jul 2002 at 15:06, Tim May wrote:
I have strong views on all this DRM and TCPA stuff, and especially on the claim that some form of DRM is needed to prevent government from taking over control of the "arts."
But we said everything that needed to be said _years_ ago. No point in repeating the same points.
No, it does need to be said again. You cannot merely do a copy and paste from the cyphernomicon. You will find it necessary a copy and paste from the cyphernomicon followed by several global search and replaces and a small amount of new material referring to current events. Palladium, as described by Microsoft, is actually a pretty cool idea that would be useful for quite a few cypherpunkly projects. When Microsoft gave its description of Palladium, there were a few caveats and maybes that to me sounded as if they were saying "Well our hearts are in the right place, this is the way it will be if only it was not going to be the way that it actually is going to be". Unfortunately it is being introduced at the same time as there is legislation proposed, the SSSCA, to outlaw general purpose computers, turning them into set top boxes, and license software engineers, so that only a small number of specially privileged people will be permitted access to general purpose computers. This timing creates a reasonable suspicion that Palladium is in fact a stalking horse for that project, a preparation for a slightly more acceptable variant of the SSSCA. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG jJb9+mkN3R59T+7qqwbaNl6DlnXtC7susSRKhpeg 2XCDBLPYrZ4/b3EazgN2sjfbch9lCok9wmcWkHl6X