Try searching the register site: www.theregister.co.uk And do a google search for Palladium and TCPA. You can also check slashdot at: http://slashdot.org Just a word, though this may be a thinly vailed attempt to lock down markets, it has a very good chance of going the same way that Intel unique cpu identifier ID# and many of the RIAA's attempts at copy protection - all of which were cracked/rejected by the consumer. Your Biggest immediate concern (though I'd watch developments with pallidium and tcpa) is the DMCA. Many congressmen/women have formally stated, on the record, that the DMCA was ill concieved due a lack of understanding of both the nature of technology and its ramifications on developments, research, and businessess. I would contact my legislators or the activist groups concerned/focused on re-addressing the DMCA. Cheers, Curtis On Saturday 30 November 2002 10:10, Steve D wrote:
Hello all--
Apologies for this (hopefully very brief) off-topic thread. I'm hoping that a few references may be made, by the knowledgeable people on this list, to a few good sources of thought and conjecture regarding the following--
Although I presume (personally hope) other countries will pursue better alternatives, as a U.S. citizen and after reading a little about the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, Microsoft's Palladium initiative, the "Fritz" chip and the cooperative responses by the U.S. government so far to Microsoft and to the entertainment industry (regarding "digital rights management") I have become somewhat worried about the future of Linux, and computing in general, in the U.S.
Could someone refer to one or more good Internet sources where one may be able to read the comments and ideas of those who really know and understand this subject? Thank you.
Steve D. New Mexico, US
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