Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Aboriginal archive offers new DRM
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| A new method of digital rights management (DRM) which relies on a user's
>| profile has been pioneered by Aboriginal Australians.
> `----
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7214240.stm
>
> Far-fetched -- maybe. Mind the fact that Microsoft wins if DRM is used (see
> links below), so any publicity favourable to DRM is good to Microsoft, a BBC
> partner. What about other Microsoft partners like National Archives and the
> British Library? Does archival need an "I don't trust you" closed-source
> encryption? Recipe for a preservation disaster?
>
> Also in the BBC, U2 advocates a "cut the air supply, then ask questions"
> approach:
>
> 2 manager 'wants end to piracy'
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The manager of rock band U2 has urged internet service providers (ISPs) to
>| help end illegal music downloads, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
>|
>| Paul McGuinness called for policies on disconnecting those who acquired
>| tracks illegally, using a speech in France to urge governments to take
> action.
> `----
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7215226.stm
>
Their tune has changed a long long way from "Sunday bloody Sunday" to
"Stuff the bl**dy punters"...
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