Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3254 mails)

[Alex Daniloff <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't mind if Hollywood implements 
that Palladium for an average Joe Blow 
who uses computer to browse adult web 
sites, play games and watch licensed DVDs.
What is about all others who use computers
as professionals for their day to day work? 
Why they have to be viewed as a bunch of dorks
who only think about stealing somebody's 
copyrighted material? 
It looks very rude to me.
Why they can't split processor development into two
lines? 
First line M$ OS software specific with all this 
protection scam. 
Second line all other (Linux,Unix,BSD) OS specific without
any limitations.  

Alex



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> On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:33:34 -0400
> gilson redrick <gilsonr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > LinuxJournal, Oct.2002: Heather Mead, senior editor: "We are
seeing more and 
> > more clearly that Hollywood has the money and the desire to turn
the Internet 
> > into a super-regulated, privacy-invading, content-management
system."
> 
> I think this is what Palladium is all about. They want to have
something in each
> computer that acts like a "cable-box" content lock. When cable
modems
> and fiber-optic home feeds become common-place, they want to
> make sure you have to pay to view their content.  I don't see why
they
> don't do this external to the computer in a separate blackbox. I
guess
> they figure that programmers are smart enough to decode any
scrambling
> scheme with their computers......so build the descrambler right into
> each processor.  I can see the FBI  confiscating computers because
> you have that "new Chinese  processor" that allows you to watch
first
> run movies without paying.  Just like they do now with illegal cable
boxes.
> 
>