Seth on TCPA at Defcon/Usenix

[James A. Donald]

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On 12 Aug 2002 at 20:38, Mike Rosing wrote:
> I'm actually really confused about the whole DRM business 
> anyway.  It seems to me that any data available to human 
> perceptions can be duplicated.  Period.  The idea of DRM (as I 
> understand it) is that you can hand out data to people you don't 
> trust, and they can't copy it. To me, DRM seems fundamentally 
> impossible.

To me DRM seems possible to the extent that computers themselves 
are rendered tamper resistant -- that is to say rendered set top 
boxes not computers, to the extent that unauthorized personnel are 
prohibited from accessing general purpose computers.

To me, TCPA only makes sense as a step towards some of the more 
monstrous outcomes that have been suggested by myself and others 
on this list.  It does not make sense as a final destination, but 
only as a first step on a path. 

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