On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:46:25 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 13 February 2007 17:03 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM?
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>>> | Despite some software snafu's, notably iTunes and Camera Raw data
>>> | mangling, we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista.
>>> | However there is one elephant in the room that we haven't addressed
>>> | -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built
>>> | into very low-level areas of the OS.
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>> Once again, it's not DRM per se, but a poorly implemented DRM that is
>> sinking Vista.
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> It's ineffective as well. A proof-of-concept crack from a 20-year-old is a
> real embarrassment to this. There are no exceptions. iTunes was cracked. WMP
> DRM was cracked. Blu-ray, HD-DVD, DVD...
>
> Secret-keeping is hard, let alone devising an effective yet simple algorithm.
> Even SHA1 is said to have been rocked recently.
Functional DRM is an impossible goal. It is simply not possible to
produce a DRM system that works without making it totally unattractive to
consumers.
It can do nothing but fail. Even companies like EMI are starting to
realise this.
http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/09/steve_gordon_drm/
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