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Re: DRM technology and policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Tue Apr 22 18:52:33 2003
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 13:36:45 -0700
To: C Wegrzyn <wegrzyn@garbagedump.com>
From: David Honig <dahonig@cox.net>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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At 02:12 PM 4/22/03 -0400, C Wegrzyn wrote:
>in a totally different way. It is meant to keep most of the people
>"honest" but will never stop those that really want at the content. If
>you look at it this way you will see that you don't need to worry about
>stopping every instance just make it hard enough that 80% (90%?) of the
>people can't crack it.
Except that once one person has obtained a (digital=perfectly
copiable) copy (even via a camcorder in a theatre) that content is *free*
to everyone on the Net. I think this observation is due
to Schneier.
This is why perhaps game-programs can be protected but
non-interactive content for humans can't.
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